The Vivisectors' Directory: Being a list of the licensed vivisectors in the United Kingdom, together with the leading physiologists in foreign laboratories
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The Vivisectors' Directory: Being a list of the licensed vivisectors in the United Kingdom, together with the leading physiologists in foreign laboratories
Vivisection
=Yeo, Gerald Francis=, King’s College, Strand. W.C. M.D. Dub., 1871;
M.B. and M.Ch., 1867; Dipl. in State Med., 1871; F.R.C.S. Eng., 1878;
L.R.C.S.T. 1872 (T. C. Dub., Paris, Berlin, and Vienna); Prof. of
Physiol. King’s Coll. London; Lect. on and Exam. in Physiol. R.C.S. Eng.;
late. Asst. Surg. King’s Coll. Hosp.; and Lect. on Physiol. Carm. Sch. of
Med. Dub.; Member of the Association for the Advancement of Medicine by
Research.
Author of “Diseases of the Kidney” (awarded Gold Medal of Path. Soc.
Dub.); Contrib. to Proc. Path. Soc. Dub., etc., etc.
_Held a License for Vivisection at King’s College, London, Physiological
Laboratory and Anatomical Theatre in 1878-79-80-81-82-83. Certificates
for Illustrations of Lectures and for Dispensing with obligation to Kill
in 1878-79-80-81. Certificate for Illustrations of Lectures in 1882 and
1883._
“Why repeat the oft-told tale of horrors contained in the works of Claude
Bernard, Paul Bert, Brown-Séquard, and Richet, in France; of Goltz, in
Germany; and Flint, in America.”--G. F. Yeo, Fortnightly Review, March,
1882.
“I am proud to call him (Goltz) my friend.”--G. F. Yeo, Contem. Review,
May, 1882.
[It was reported in the _British Medical Journal_ and the _Lancet_
that at a meeting of the Physiological Section of the International
Medical Congress, held in London in 1881, Professor Ferrier had shown
two monkeys, a portion of whose cortex had been removed by himself.
As Professor Ferrier had no license for vivisection at the time, a
prosecution was instituted against him for a breach of the law. When the
case was brought into Court, the _onus_ was shifted on to Professor Yeo,
who was a licensed vivisector. Below is a comparison between the facts as
reported and the sworn evidence of the reporter of the one journal and
the editor of the other:--]
_British Medical Journal._
PUBLISHED REPORT, 20th August, 1881.
The members were shown two of the monkeys, a portion of whose cortex
had been removed by Professor Ferrier. Concerning the first of these,
Professor Ferrier said it had been his desire to remove as completely
as possible the whole of the psycho-motor region. Whether in this he
had succeeded perfectly could not be learnt for certainty until after a
_post-mortem_ examination had been made.
REPORTER’S SWORN EVIDENCE. 17th November, 1881.
Q. Did Professor Ferrier offer to exhibit two of the monkeys upon which
he had so operated?
A. At the Congress, no.
Q. Did he subsequently?
A. No; he showed certain of the members of the Congress two monkeys at
King’s College.
Q. What two monkeys?
A. Two monkeys upon which an operation had been performed.
Q. By whom?
A. By Professor Yeo.
_Lancet._
PUBLISHED REPORT, 8th October, 1881.
“The interest attaching to the discussion was greatly enhanced by the
fact that Professor Ferrier was willing to exhibit two monkeys which he
had operated upon some months previously.”…
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