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William R. Hendee, PhD; Jerod M. Loeb, PhD
Chicago, Ill

JAMA. 1989;262(24):3405-3406.

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Dr Kaufman argues that support for the use of animals in biomedical research represents a political stance rather than a reflection of scientific necessity. He has chosen the development of the Blalock-Taussig operation for tetralogy of Fallot as an example of how "medical history has been distorted to serve political goals." In this context, the history of the Blalock-Taussig procedure is interesting. Drs Blalock and Taussig thought the use of animals was so important in their research that they personally campaigned against antivivesectionists. In a recent article on historical milestones in cardiology, it was noted that Drs Taussig and Blalock had to take time out from their research "to testify because of protests by anti-vivesectionist groups that had read in the paper that Doctor Blalock had developed the operation by performing it on dogs before he operated on the first child. Doctor Taussig brought some of the children . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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