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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Guerrini, Anita, 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2022
Edition:Second edition
Series:Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of science.
Subjects:
Vivisection > History.
Animal experimentation > History.
Human experimentation in medicine > History.
Vivisection > Histoire.
Expérimentation animale > Histoire.
Expérimentation humaine en médecine > Histoire.
Vivisección > Historia
Experimentación animal > Historia
Experimentación humana en medicina
Animal experimentation
Human experimentation in medicine
Vivisection
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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