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 andconflict...

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Main Author: Hobbins, Peter (auteur.)
Other Authors: Thompson, Andrew (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Vivisection > Australie > History.
Venom > Australia > History.
Poisonous snakes > Venom > Australia > History.
Vivisection > Australia > History.
Australie > Histoire > 1788-1900.
Australia > History > 1788-1900.
Livres numeriques.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 andconflicts and the importance of vivisection to science.
Item Description: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, 1843-68 4. In vivo veritas: the amoral ascent of colonial vivisection, 1868-76 5. Legislators and other animals: foregrounding vivisection, 1876-95 6. Immunologyand indigeneity: species, serums and localisms, 1890-1914 Conclusion Index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages): illustrations (noir et blanc).
ISBN:9781526106278

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