Life, 1908-11-12 · page 11 of 24
Life — November 12, 1908 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This *Life* magazine page contains two separate items: **"Where, O Where?"** is a brief news item reporting that Uncle Joe Cannon, a prominent political figure, has disappeared while running as a vice-presidential candidate on the Republican ticket. Relief expeditions are searching for him, with satirical speculation that he may be hiding to avoid embarrassment. **"More Truths"** features commentary by Sir Victor Horsley, a London surgeon, defending animal experimentation in medical research. The accompanying cartoon illustrates the point: a cook is leaving employment because he cannot ethically support animal testing, saying "this cook won't go" — a pun on vivisection debates of the era, when public opinion was divided over using animals in scientific research. Both items reflect early 20th-century political and scientific controversies.
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529 Where, O Where ? A few weeks ago Uncle Joc Cannon was in the limelight, but now he is as as candidate Sherman.—Springfeld Re publican, T last accounts, the relief ex- pedition sent out to find and succor Mr. Sherman had not been heard from. A wireless message re- ported that they had traced him as acuse. Several places re- ported that he had been seen there, trying to make his position plain on the tariff, but in each instance it proved to be a canard. great many doubt that there was a man named Sherman running for Vice- President on the Republican ticket. If there is such a man, won't he please send his name and address to this office? He may hear something to his disadvantage. THE SUMMIT OF THE MATTERHORN “OTHERS MAVE GREATNESS THRUST UPON THEM’? More Truths IR VICTOR HORSLEY, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Surger at the London Uni versity College Hospital, ought be a truthful gen- tleman. After at- tributing to vivisec- tion everything he can think of relating to medical progress, hg tells us: It is difficult to overestimate the share which experi animals have taken in bringing about this tremendous di in the pain and poverty of the community. Also thi It is a fact that the value of practically every drug introduced within the last thirty years for this most necessary and most merci- ful purpose has been determined by experiments on animals. Has not Sir Victor forgotten something? Aside from these choice old drugs—that we are rapidly discarding, by the way—are not the steam engine, electricity and wireless teleg- raphy also resulis of vivisection? And how many dogs were cut up to perfect the telephone? _ When the returns are all in from this age of experimenta it is my firm conviction that it will be abundantly proven that vivir section has added not a single fact to knowledge regarding functions of man, or the nature or cure of disease, that was not already essentially Jn our possession, or could not be derived from other He: THe COOK GOING TO LEAVE! WELL, 1 SUPPOSE 1 MUST GO sources. Sc ally, clieve vivisection to be useless as a + ; : 7 means of obtaining knowledge of the nature or needs of man. TOTUEAGENCY TOoMOREOW , » J. D. Bucx, M.D., F.T.S. “YES, DEAR, BUT THIS COOK WON'T GO, comicbooks.com