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Photograph of an Indian man standing on a path at a farm with a bear sitting next to him on a rope lead with a small monkey on its back in the early 20th century.

Scope and Contents A collection of correspondence, dating from 1938-1949. The topics include the following. 1. newspaper cuttings on dog fighting in Staffordshire, 1936 2. enquiries about the fate of 250 monkeys brought to the UK from Calcutta (Kolcuta), 1949 3. Letters and copy of article on the poor treatment of sheepdogs by Richard Perry, 1946 4. Letters on the use of animals in atomic bomb experiments, 1946 5. Notes and letters on the Living Dog Experiment film from the USSR, 1944 6. A letter...

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"Cruel and Vain Repetition, experiments upon living creatures", a pamphlet distributed by the Vivisection Investigation League about experiments carried out on dogs, cats, rabbits and monkeys.

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A pamphlet titled "How Dogs and Monkeys are Treated in London", about the use of dogs and monkeys in vivisection. The society who published it is disputed on the front cover. It is printed as the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection, London. Stamped on top of that it the Scottish Anti-Vivisection Society, Glasgow. Above that is stamped the Scottish Anti Vivisection Society, Glasgow.

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An article by M. Beddow Bayly on the suffering of monkeys being transported around the world for vivisection. In this case, attention is given to the death of 394 monkeys who died of suffocation between Delhi and New York. Published by the National Anti-Vivisection Society.

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A leaflet, published by the SSPV, about the deaths of monkeys whilst is transit to laboratories for vivisection.

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Photograph of a pair of monkeys in a tree in the early 20th century.

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"Near Human Model for Research", was a pamphlet published by the SSPV, highlighting the use of monkeys and primates in scientific experiments. This pamphlet was revised in April 1990.

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Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 22 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; blurred vision; intracranial hypertension; facial weakness; intracerebral haemorrhage; malignant melanoma; and epilepsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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An appeal leaflet from the International Primate Protection League, Scottish Anti-vivisection society, the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection and the St Andrew Animal Fund, campaigning for the safe release of monkeys from Stirling University, which were no longer required.