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Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain: A Social History

Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain: A Social History

Bates, A. W. H.

Hardcover

Series: Palgrave MacMillan Animal Ethics

PhilosophyMedical ReferenceBritish History

ISBN10: 113755696X
ISBN13: 9781137556967
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Aug 3 2017
Pages: 217
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.

This book explores the social history of the anti-vivisection movement in Britain from its nineteenth-century beginnings until the 1960s. It discusses the ethical principles that inspired the movement and the socio-political background that explains its rise and fall. Opposition to vivisection began when medical practitioners complained it was contrary to the compassionate ethos of their profession. Christian anti-cruelty organizations took up the cause out of concern that callousness among the professional classes would have a demoralizing effect on the rest of society. As the nineteenth century drew to a close, the influence of transcendentalism, Eastern religions and the spiritual revival led new age social reformers to champion a more holistic approach to science, and dismiss reliance on vivisection as a materialistic oversimplification. In response, scientists claimed it was necessary to remainobjective and unemotional in order to perform the experiments necessary for medical progress.

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