QUESTION RAISED

Hokitika Guardian, 14 October 1933, Page 6

QUESTION RAISED

DISCOVERY OF AMERICA

VANCOUVER, September 13

There is more than passing interest in Canada in tlie discovery, recently, in, Bristol, of an oh] customs Doff I, recording the .payment to John Cabot of two sums of £2O each, the King’s reward lor. the discovery of the new continent far to Hie West. The sheriff of "lirisijol fit the time Alias Rlichai'd LAmerik, and. it was he who handed the King’s bounty to Cabot. The sheriff’s name suggests that the new leontinent may have been named after him, acid no:- alter Amerigo Vesoucqi, who was agent for the Medici -family. 'at Kavilie - labou-t the time Columbus and Cabot were -making their voyages-

■of the value of a live body placed unreservedly at the disposal of scientists : ,a willing body ready to suffer from any malignant, inculable disease that might be introduced into it—willing to endure any form of treatment or amputation.

“The doctor said that in research work there comes a time when a crucial experiment on a man would determine whether the work done on animals or founded upon observation remains true in the case of the human being. One man alone would not be of such value. One observation would hardly clinch the matter, lie said.

WHY THE OFFER WAS MADE

“As an instance of what- experiments on human beings mfght accomplish the doctor spoke of the scientist who put liis naked arm into a cage of suspected malaria mosquitoes and contracted malaria. This offer is much greater,” he said, “but 1 doubt if anything can be done in the near future. The greatest ! obstacle would be. public opinion, | “1 have heard further from the man who is offering his body. He wants it to be clearly understood that his proposal is not made at the instigation of any member of' the medical profes'ion nor has lie been influenced in any way by the profession. “The offer and the man’s appeal for others to come forward to form the nucleus of a band of research volunteers

ready to give themselves up for experiments are the outcome of love for humanity and for animals and a desire to help those who tirelessly work to alleviate suffering.” • - ••