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Experimenting with humans and animals from Aristotle to CRISPR

"The author discusses key historical episodes in the use of living beings in experiments in science and medicine. This new edition emphasizes a broader understanding of experimentation and has material on prisoners and slaves as experimental subjects, gene therapy, and self-experimentation"...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Guerrini, Anita, 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2022
Edición:Second edition
Colección:Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of science.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Bodies of evidence : experimentation and philosophical debate in premodern Europe
  • Animals, machines, and morals
  • Disrupting god’s plan
  • Cruelty and kindness
  • The microbe hunters
  • Polio and primates
  • From nuremberg to CRISPR : new rules and new sciences