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Maurice B. Visscher, MD

JAMA. 1966;196(12):1053-1054.

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For the second time in its history the Congress of the United States is seriously considering legislation dealing with various aspects of regulation of the use of animals in research and teaching. On the first occasion at about the turn of the last century one House of Congress passed a bill which would have established in this country a system comparable to that in force in Great Britain, the Cruelty to Animals Act of 1876, which Sir William Osler called "the drastic act which has so hampered medical research in the British Isles." His characterization has proved to be tragically correct, especially in surgery. Professor William H. Welch led the medical and related biological research and educational groups in educational activity which brought defeat of the bill in the other House, and saved the people not only of this country but of the world from the tragedy of an unnecessarily . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

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Reprint requests to 424 Millard Hall, Department of Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455 (Dr. Visscher).

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