The fact is that scientists themselves have voiced concerns. In 1952, Robert Gesell, then chairman of the department of physiology at the University of Michigan, said at a meeting of the American Physiological Society: "Consider what we are doing in the name of science," and pointed out the worst abuses. These experiments were defended by the National Society for Medical Research, now called the Foundation for Biomedical Research, of which DeBakey is chairman.
In 1977, the Federation of American Scientists' Public Interest Report pointed out that no restraints comparable to those imposed when medical science is practiced on humans "operate to remind the animal experimenter to limit animal suffering and stress to the minimum necessary to the human goal."
Since that time, some restraints have been imposed by law. But at least six groups of scientists concerned about the continuing abuse of experimental animals have been formed (Association of Veterinarians ...
