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"This is the first book to examine the debate over vivisection over the past century in detail, placing it in the context of the wider conflict over the value of modern scientific research."--book depository.
'Vivisection' is a collection of essays written by Albert Tracy Leffingwell. The topic discussed in this essay is one Leffingwell holds dear: vivisection form. Throughout his life, Leffingwell, who was a physician, authored many books bringing light to the cruel abuses of animal experimentation and calling for regulation. At the same time, he sought a middle ground between the anti-vivisection societies, which called for the abolition of all experimentation and those who rejected any restraints.
Citations from medical journals offer evidence of scientific research conducted at the risk of children, hospital patients, and soldiers.
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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.
A true account of a present day Vivisectionist, backed by beguiled supporters, confronting a Buddhist as the spirit of GEORGE BERNARD SHAW timelessly illuminates the lost understanding of Morality. (64 pages)