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THE ninth Stephen Paget Memorial Lecture of the Research Defence Society was delivered last June by Sir Frederick Hobday, the Principal of the Royal Veterinary College, who chose as his subject “The Relief of Animal Suffering” (The Fight against Disease, 23, No. 3). The attacks of anti-vivisectionists are directed not only against research work for the relief of human suffering, but also against research on diseases of animals, so that the subject of Sir Frederick's address was opportune. After some preliminary remarks on the statistics of the animal population of Great Britain and the diseases that affect them and on the training of the veterinary surgeon, he first mentioned the electric killer. The animal receives a shock of 70 volts by touching it on the head for a few seconds with the instrument connected to a source of electric supply, and it is claimed that the animal is thus rendered unconscious for 2J minutes, during which time the blood may be withdrawn. Remarks were then made on articles accidentally swallowed by animals and their treatment, and finally on glanders, mange and other diseases affecting animals, and their prevention and treatment, illustrating everyday cases brought to the veterinary surgeon. At the annual general meeting of the Society, which followed the lecture, the honorary treasurer, Sir Leonard Rogers, pointed out that the expenditure of the Society somewhat exceeds its income, and additional subscriptions and donations would, therefore, be welcome.
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Relief of Animal Suffering. Nature 136, 790 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136790a0
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