Burdon-Sanderson (1828–1905) [35]

The concern of other British physiologists with the su ffering experimentation caused eventually prompted the British Association for the Advancement of Science to publish four recommendations in 1871, two of which promoted the use of anaesthetics, i.e.,


This view was not entirely consensual. In 1873, John Burdon-Sanderson's Handbook for the Physiological Laboratory, "a practical description of experimental procedures" was published, providing Cobbe's anti-vivisectionists with evidence that scientists were indi fferent to animal su ffering. The handbook made no explicit reference to anaesthesia or how and when to use it in experiments. However, it did index curare, as several contributing authors recommended its use to keep animals still as an alternative to tying them down. The drug's inability to a ffect consciousness had been known for approximately 20 years.
