Word: painless
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Dates: during 1884-1884
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...should animals so much duller be spared? We use animals for all other purposes, for food and clothing, and even for enjoyment and sport. The physiologist is certainly not so cruel as the sportsman. He takes every precaution to kill his victim with the least pain. Indeed, so painless are his methods that the death of an animal so killed is much pleasanter than that of the animal exposed to the vicissitudes of nature. In the natural state the weak are exposed to the attacks of the strong, and often are subjected to torment and mutilation before being...