Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Futility of Experiments With Drugs on Animals
In Mr. Erichsen's Annual Report and Return showing the number of experiments performed upon living animals during the year 1887, under licenses granted under the Act 39 & 40 Vict., c. 77, we find the following statement: -
"The Therapeutical experiments are 280 in number. These have been made, in the case of new drugs, either with the view of justifying the further extension of such remedies to man, or of enlarging their present sphere of usefulness; in the case of some of the old drugs, with the view of inquiring whether their action is such as to justify their continued administration for the purposes for which they have hitherto been used. The experiments consisted chiefly of hypodermic injections, and were mostly of a painless character."
We may divide these remarks into those which apply to New Drugs, and those which refer to Old ones.
Of the New Drugs, the Inspector says that the experiments have been directed with the view of -
(a) Justifying their further extension to man, or
(b) Enlarging their present sphere of usefulness.
With respect to the Old Drugs, he says that the experiments have been conducted to ascertain whether their action justifies their continued use for the old purposes.
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