TY  - GEN
AB  - This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book explores the social history of the anti-vivisection movement in Britain from its nineteenth-century beginnings until the 1960s. It discusses the ethical principles that inspired the movement and the socio-political background that explains its rise and fall. Opposition to vivisection began when medical practitioners complained it was contrary to the compassionate ethos of their profession. Christian anti-cruelty organizations took up the cause out of concern that callousness among the professional classes would have a demoralizing effect on the rest of society. As the nineteenth century drew to a close, the influence of transcendentalism, Eastern religions and the spiritual revival led new age social reformers to champion a more holistic approach to science, and dismiss reliance on vivisection as a materialistic oversimplification. In response, scientists claimed it was necessary to remain objective and unemotional in order to perform the experiments necessary for medical progress.
AU  - Bates, A. W. H.
CN  - HV4943.G55
DA  - 2017.
DO  - 10.1057/978-1-137-55697-4
DO  - doi
ID  - 807275
KW  - Vivisection
KW  - Medicine, Experimental
KW  - Animal experimentation
LK  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1057/978-1-137-55697-4
N2  - This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book explores the social history of the anti-vivisection movement in Britain from its nineteenth-century beginnings until the 1960s. It discusses the ethical principles that inspired the movement and the socio-political background that explains its rise and fall. Opposition to vivisection began when medical practitioners complained it was contrary to the compassionate ethos of their profession. Christian anti-cruelty organizations took up the cause out of concern that callousness among the professional classes would have a demoralizing effect on the rest of society. As the nineteenth century drew to a close, the influence of transcendentalism, Eastern religions and the spiritual revival led new age social reformers to champion a more holistic approach to science, and dismiss reliance on vivisection as a materialistic oversimplification. In response, scientists claimed it was necessary to remain objective and unemotional in order to perform the experiments necessary for medical progress.
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan, 
PY  - 2017.
SN  - 9781137556974
SN  - 1137556978
T1  - Anti-vivisection and the profession of medicine in Britain :a social history.
TI  - Anti-vivisection and the profession of medicine in Britain :a social history.
UR  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1057/978-1-137-55697-4
ER  -