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
“June 20th.--The wound was oozing, and the animal was less active; but
there was no diminution of sensation or voluntary motion. It closely
watched flies buzzing about, and frequently made attempts to catch
them. Towards the afternoon it began to suffer from choreic spasms of
the left angle of the mouth and of the left hand. There was no loss
of consciousness. The animal was apparently annoyed by the spasmodic
actions of its mouth, and frequently endeavoured to still them by holding
its mouth with the other hand. Towards the close of the day the spasms
frequently repeated, became more intense, and exhibited an epileptic
nature, the convulsions on the left side of the body becoming general.
This state continued till.…
“June 23rd.--…
“June 24th.--Hemiplegia is complete on the left side, hand, foot, and
face. The animal moved by means of its left limbs, dragging the right
after it.
“The animal died from exhaustion on the 27th.”--_Croonian Lecture_,
“_Experiments on the Brain of Monkeys_,” Philos. Trans., 1875, pp. 441-42.
“Exper. XVI., Feb. 5th, 1875.--This, though not successful as regards
the object intended, yet presents some interesting phenomena. The left
occipital lobe was exposed posteriorly, and penetrated at the posterior
extremity of the superior occipital fissure by means of hot wires,
which were directed with a view to follow the inner aspect of the
temporo-sphenoidal lobe. There was no hæmorrhage from the sinus. During
the operation, the animal was observed to make sighing respiration. The
operation was finished at 4.30 p.m. The animal lay in a state of stupor
for more than an hour, only making slight movements when disturbed, and
then with its left limbs.
“7 p.m.--The animal lies quiet, but indicates consciousness by grunting
discontentedly when moved. Struggles with its limbs, chiefly the left,
but occasionally with the right. On testing the cutaneous sensibility
with the hot iron, reaction was decisive over the whole of the left
side, but quite abolished in the right. The animal occasionally opened
its right eye, but the left remained permanently closed. The animal
passed into a state of coma, and was found dead at 11.30 p.m. The
following experiment is a repetition of the last, and was only partially
successful.”--_Ibid._, p. 464.
“These ganglia (corpora quadrigemina) were subjected to experimentation
in the following seven cases, viz., V., VI., VIII., IX., X., XII., XIII.,
with the results:--
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