Life — January 8, 1903 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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# "Another Champion" - Life Magazine Satire This page satirizes **Doctor William M. Keen** of Philadelphia, a prominent advocate for vivisection (animal experimentation). The text mocks Keen's claim that he once saved a man's life by cutting up three critics—positioning animal testing as ethically justified. The satire ridicules both Keen and **Senator Gallinger** (who apparently restricted vivisection), portraying vivisectionists as humorously callous. The accompanying illustrations—a anatomical sketch and "A Mill Race" (anthropomorphized windmills)—appear to be unrelated cartoons on the same page. The second section, "The Drama," shifts to theatrical satire about hiring cheap actors for untested plays, invoking laws made "when we see something nice we want it." The humor targets scientific establishment figures and legislative debates around animal welfare.