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THE Research Defence Society held its annual general meeting on Tuesday, June 24, at the Royal College of Physicians. The chair was taken by the president of the society, Sir David Gill, and there was a very large attendance. The speakers were:—Bishop Frodsham, founder of the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine; Sir Thomas Barlow, president of the Royal College of Physicians; Lord Cromer, Sir Hugh Bell, and Mr. Waldorf Astor. The report, presented by Mr. Sydney Holland, chairman of committee, gave a good account of the society's work during the past year with special reference to the campaign against anti-vivisection shops. It stated also that the council of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is sending out a referendum to all the members of that society. The point is, whether it was right or wrong to reject Lord Cheylesmore from the council of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on the ground that he is a vice-president of the Research Defence Society,. Seeing the advantages which animals have gained from experiments on animals, and the many restrictions placed on experiments on animals in this country, we think that a man may very properly hold office in both societies; and we are glad that Lord Cromer and Sir Hugh Bell spoke very strongly on this point.
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The Research Defence Society . Nature 91, 436 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091436a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/091436a0