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The scalpel and the butterfly : the war between animal research and animal protection / Deborah Rudacille.

Title
The scalpel and the butterfly : the war between animal research and animal protection / Deborah Rudacille.
Author
Rudacille, Deborah.
Publication
New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000.

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vii, 389 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
Chronicles the history of animal research as a means to find cures for illnesses and test the safety of consumer products, and examines the continuing opposition by animal protectionists.
Subject
  • Animal Experimentation
  • Animal Rights
  • Animal Welfare
  • Animal experimentation > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Animal welfare > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Animals, Laboratory
  • History, 19th Century
  • History, 20th Century
  • Vivisection > history
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-363) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Viruses, vaccines, and vivisection -- 2. Kingdom of the spirit -- 3. Dogs of war -- 4. Nazi healing -- 5. Polio politics -- 6. New crusaders -- 7. Stalking the shadow -- 8. Saints and sinners -- 9. Engineering life -- 10. Animals, science, and the body -- 11. Partial transformations.
ISBN
0374254206
LCCN
^^^00028758^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library