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Show DAILY UNDER THE KNIFE Woman a Subject of Vivisection for Hire Twenty Years. Krau Magdalen (Jolly, who for twenty years bus been known among tho modlcal faculty as the "vivisection rabbit,'' died at tho age of 62 In Vienna. Frau Gelly exercised thn curious calllnr of a subject for anntomlcnl experiments, and her services were In great demand by the moi't eminent surgeons. ho owod hor remarkable reputation ae a subject for experiments, to oji abnormal formation and development Of her respiratory organs. Over theso sho had a mnrvolous command, controlling them at will and allowing them to bo freely operated upon without tho usu of anaesthetics. Undor the oucrallon sho do-t-crlbifd to tho assembled surgeons and students stu-dents tho sensations she nxparlClioed In hor throat, no.o. pnlutc. tonsils and other orcaiis under tho action of the Hurgeon'x knife. Fruu Gelly roiorlcd dally al tho Clinical laboratory and :.t the private houses of tho, most celebrated doctors of Vienna, usually, carrying a block reticule containing all sorts of objects, such as needles, marble. Pins,,' j pencils, etc., Jitvndctl to be swallowed dr, , passed through her nostrils or ears for expert-.' I Ah the "vivisection rabbit" was paid 3s 6d, for each silting end averaged two dolly for twenty voar?, sho has left a small fortune.,. IH und. having dlod intestate, tho money will I probably bo appropriated by the medical IH faculty of tho university IH |