George Macilwain Book

Language: en
Pages: 327

Surgical Observations on the More Important Diseases of the Mucous Canals of the Body: Being a Second Edition of the Author's Treatise on Stricture of the Urethra. To which are Added, Practical Observations on Contraction of the Oesophagus and Rectum; an Essay on the Diagnosis of Hernial and Other Tumours in the Groin; with Remarks on Tracheotomy, as Connected with the Treatment of Chronic Laryngitis. By George Macilwain, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Member of the Medico-Chirurgical Society, Surgeon to the Finsbury Dispensary, and Late Surgeon to the City of London Truss Society

Author(s): George Macilwain

Categories: Surgery

Type: Book
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Published: 1830
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Publisher: Unknown

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Language: en
Pages: 440

Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society

Author(s): Richard D. French

Categories: History

Type: Book
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Published: 2019-03-12
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Publisher: Princeton University Press

Late nineteenth-century England witnessed the emergence of a vociferous and well-organzied movement against the use of living animals in scientific research, a protest that threatened the existence of experimental medicine. Richard D. French views the Victorian antivivisection movement as a revealing case study in the attitude of modern society toward science. The author draws on popular pamphlets and newspaper accounts to recreate the structure, tactics, ideology, and personalities of the early antivivisection movement. He argues that at the heart of the antivivisection movement was public concern over the emergence of science and medicine as leading institutions of Victorian society--a con...