Anti-Vivisection

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M. Beddow Bayly's publication "The Taxpayer and Experiments on Living Animals", regards the use of Government money on vivisection and animal experimentation. This publication was published by the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society.

Scope and Contents Two folders which contain documents and newspaper cuttings relating to the trail and acquittal of Dr. W.R. Hadwen, who was on trial for the manslaughter of a child whom he did not administer a vaccination to because of his views on vivisection and vaccinations. Also included are a number of publications and speeches by Hadwen in relation to medicine, vivisection, and vaccination.1. newspaper cutting from The Citizen, "Dr Hadwen on Trial, the allegation of...

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"The Truth About Vivisection, chart showing that cruel experiments are permitted under the present law, and how it is administered".

This pamphlet, issued by the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society, includes a chart which shows the actions of those who use animals for medical research compared to the Vivisection Act of 1876. The verso of the document contains illustrations of animals being experimented on.

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A one page leaflet, issued by the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society, titled "The Truth About Vivisection, No.1, (replies to the "Research Defence Society". The leaflet includes an illustration of King Edward's dog, Caeser and asks, "do experiments on living animals, as carried out under the Act today, cause pain?" The verso of the documents has examples from inspectors under the act of pain inflicted on animals.

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A pamphlet, "The Uselessness of Vivisection as a Method of Scientific Research", by Lawson Tate. This document was published by the National Anti-Vivisection Society, 1882.

The folder includes a typed excerpt from the pamphlet, written at a later date (undated)

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A lighlighted article from "The Animals' Defender", by M. Beddow Bayly on the use of animals when studying the effects of burns. The article details some of the experiments carried out on animals and says the information gathered from these experiments has no real value to mankind.

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A leaflet, created by the SSPV, appealing for charitable support to end stray dogs being taken and used for vivisection. This leaflet was withdrawn in 1966 and re-printed November 1967.

Scope and Contents "This must not happen in Britain", by Harvey Metcalfe, 1955 is about the US practice of stray dogs going straight to vivisectionists and the work of animal rights and anti-vivisection organisations in the US and Canada. Metcalfe stresses that this practice should not happen in Britain and includes articles, newspaper article and correspondence relating to the subject. There are two first editions of the publication and two second editions, both published in the same year. ...

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A pamphlet about how animals have certain aspects of their diets changed which leads to illness for scientists to study how vitamin deprivation affects animals. This pamphlet is titled "Those "Simple" Feeding Experiments! How the public is hoodwinked", published by the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society.

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A pamphlet about animals being used to test medication for humans and the effects of such. It is titled "Those "Simple" Inoculations! How the public is hoodwinked", and published by the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society.