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AN article with this title, by a ‘layman’, Mr. J. Alderson, appears in the Research Defence Society's journal the Fight against Disease (No. 2, 1935). The author points out that experiments on animals in Great Britain are rigorously controlled by Act of Parliament; but it is his conviction that were there no such Act, vivisection would be carried out just as humanely as it is now, for a love of animals and abhorrence of wilful cruelty are as evident among medical men as among other citizens. He concludes by stating that he feels he must support and defend the work on account of the discoveries made through experiments on animals, and that whenever relevant information can be so obtained, it is our duty to encourage and support it.
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The Case for Vivisection. Nature 136, 63 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136063d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/136063d0