Albert Leffingwell

Albert Tracy Leffingwell, M.D. (February 13, 1845 – September 1, 1916) was an American physician, social reformer, and vocal advocate for vivisection reform. He authored many books bringing light to the cruel abuses of animal experimentation and calling for regulation. At the same time, he sought middle ground between the anti-vivisection societies, which called for the abolition of all experimentation and those who rejected any restraints. Leffingwell also was concerned with meat safety, believing that lax regulations, in particular allowing cancerous animals into the food chain, were responsible for increases in the incidence of cancer. He also served as the president of the American Humane Association.[1]

This article is about the physician. For the novelist writing under the pseudonym Dana Chambers, see Albert Leffingwell (novelist).

Albert Leffingwell
Born	(1845-02-13)February 13, 1845 Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, United States
Died	September 1, 1916(1916-09-01) (aged 71) Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, United States
Occupation	Physician, social and vivisection reformer
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Fear ( m. 1892)
Children	Albert Fear Leffingwell

Selected publications

• Rambles Through Japan Without a Guide. London, 1892.
• Illegitimacy and the Influence of Seasons upon Conduct. London and New York, 1893.
• A Dangerous Ideal, 1894.
• Vivisection in America. New York, 1895.
• Does Science Need Secrecy?. Providence, 1896.
• Physiology in our Public Schools. Boston, 1900.
• The Vivisection Question. New York, 1901.
• Illustration of Human Vivisection, 1907 (pamphlet).
• The Morality of London. London, 1908.
• The Vivisection Controversy. London, 1908.
• American Meat. London and New York, 1910.
• An Ethical Problem. London and New York, 1916

References

1. "Dr. Albert Leffingwell; Author and Ex-President of American Humane Association Dies at 72". The New York Times. 1916-09-02. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-02.

External links

• Works by Albert Leffingwell at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Albert Leffingwell at Internet Archive
• Albert Leffingwell Collection
• Albert Leffingwell Home Recordings: An inventory of his recordings at Syracuse University