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Experimenting with humans and animals : from Galen to animal rights / Anita Guerrini.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guerrini, Anita, 1953-
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of science
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vivisection--History.
- Vivisection.
- Animal experimentation--History.
- Animal experimentation.
- Human experimentation in medicine--History.
- Human experimentation in medicine.
- Human Experimentation--history.
- Animal Experimentation--history.
- History.
- Medical Subjects:
- Human Experimentation--history.
- Animal Experimentation--history.
- Penn Provenance:
- Morrison, Olive R. (honoree)
- Physical Description:
- xii, 165 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Md. : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- Experimentation on animals and particularly humans is often assumed to be a uniquely modern phenomenon. But the ideas and attitudes that encourage the biological and medical sciences to experiment on living creatures date from the earliest expression of Western thought. In this work, Anita Guerrini looks at the history of these practices from vivisection in ancient Alexandria to present-day battles over animal rights and medical research employing human subjects.
- Contents:
- Preface
- introduction
- 1. Bodies of evidence : experimentation and philosophical debate in premodern Europe
- 2. Animals, machines, and morals
- 3. Disrupting God's plan
- 4. Cruelty and kindness
- 5. The microbe hunters
- 6. Polio and primates
- Conclusion : human rights, animal rights, and the conduct of science
- Suggested further reading
- Index. .
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-160) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by Dr. Adrian R. Morrison in honor of his wife Olive R. Morrison.
- ISBN:
- 0801871964
- 9780801871962
- 0801871972
- 9780801871979
- OCLC:
- 50204062
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