Thanks to our present surgical methods in physiology we can demonstrate at any time almost all phenomena of digestion without the loss of even a single drop of blood, without a single scream from the animal undergoing the experiment.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Modern surgery allows studying digestion without blood loss or causing pain to animals.
- In plain terms
- New methods let us study digestion without hurting animals or losing blood.
- What can you take from it?
- Advanced methods allow non-invasive physiological study.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are there invisible costs to these methods?
- How do we measure animal distress?
Another view
The claim of no loss ignores potential stress not visible as screaming.
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