Venomous encounters : snakes, vivisection and scientific medicine in colonial Australia /

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Venomous encounters presents a radically new view of the role of science and scientific methodology in the colonies. It explores the role of snakes, snakebite and snake venom in the emerging science of 19th-century Australia and India, the neglected significance of inter-colony exchanges and conflic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hobbins, Peter (Autor)
Otros Autores: Thompson, Andrew (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
Colección:Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
Temas:
1788-1900
Venom > Australia > History.
Vivisection > Australia > History.
Poisonous snakes > Venom > Australia > History.
Snake Bites > history
Snake Venoms > history
Antivenins > history
Vivisection > history
Colonialism > history
History, 19th Century
Venin > Australie > Histoire.
Vivisection > Australie > Histoire.
Serpents venimeux > Venin > Australie > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Poisonous snakes > Venom
Venom
Vivisection
Australia > History > 1788-1900.
Australia
Australie > Histoire > 1788-1900.
e-books.
History
Livres numériques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Studies in imperialism; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Serpents and settlers: the colonial animal matrix, 1788-1840; 2 Vivisection in the pub: public spectacles and plebeian expertise, 1840-80; 3 Ontological conjunctions: dogs, snakes, venoms and germs, 1840-68; 4 In vivo veritas: the amoral ascent of colonial vivisection, 1868-76; 5 Legislators and other animals: foregrounding vivisection, 1876-95; 6 Immunology and indigeneity: species, serums and localisms, 1890-1914; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

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