Something doubtless there is in this, and yet a careful investigation of the lives of the men to whom especially the beginnings of the biological sciences are due, will show that not only were they men with the deepest respect for authority, the greatest reverence for old modes of thinking, but also they were typical representatives of the developing influence of methods of education which are sometimes unfortunately deemed to be narrowing in the extreme.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh
At that time it was not nearly so much the custom as it is at present, to use frogs for experiments, with the idea that conclusions might be obtained of value for the biological sciences generally, and especially for medicine.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh
It has especially been insisted that in what concerns biological science the Church's attitude has been distinctly discouraging.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh