Title Experimenting with humans and animals : from Galen to animal rights / Anita Guerrini

Published Baltimore, Md. : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003

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Description xii, 165 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of science Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of science. Contents 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-160) and index Subject Vivisection -- History. Animal experimentation -- History. Human experimentation in medicine -- History. LC no. 2002011064 ISBN 0801871964 hardback alkaline paper 0801871972 paperback alkaline paper

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