Anti-vivisection and the profession of medicine in Britain : a social history.
2017
HV4943.G55 B38 2017
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Title
Anti-vivisection and the profession of medicine in Britain : a social history.
ISBN
9781137556974 (electronic book)
1137556978 (electronic book)
9781137556967
113755696X
1137556978 (electronic book)
9781137556967
113755696X
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Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Language
English
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10.1057/978-1-137-55697-4 doi
9781137556967
9781137556967
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HV4943.G55 B38 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
179.4
Summary
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.
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Bates, A. W. H.
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Palgrave Macmillan animal ethics series.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. Vivisection, virtue, and the law in the nineteenth century
Chapter 2. Have animals souls?
Chapter 3. A new age for a new century
Chapter 4. The National Anti-Vivisection Hospital, 1902–1935
Chapter 5. The Research Defence Society
Chapter 6. State control, bureaucracy, and the national interest from the Second World War to the 1960s
Conclusion.
Chapter 1. Vivisection, virtue, and the law in the nineteenth century
Chapter 2. Have animals souls?
Chapter 3. A new age for a new century
Chapter 4. The National Anti-Vivisection Hospital, 1902–1935
Chapter 5. The Research Defence Society
Chapter 6. State control, bureaucracy, and the national interest from the Second World War to the 1960s
Conclusion.