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diff --git a/markley/10_vivisection b/markley/10_vivisection index b8130fc..175535d 100644 --- a/markley/10_vivisection +++ b/markley/10_vivisection @@ -55,3 +55,25 @@ physician." Rare in the field too Support of laboratory medicine correlates strongly with feelings about vivisection. + +---------------- +Lecture + +Dogs used for vivisection because they are docile and like humans. +- Traces its role into modern medical profession in conduct, education + +Paradox between rationality (cool indifferenc to suffering) and +caring/sympathy/bedside-manner/compassion. + - Dr. Watson & Holmes and Prendick & Dr. Moreau represent this + paradox as separate people + +The Case Against Vivisection +- Feminists and socialists wanted good treatment of disempowered humans +- Upper class wants to control underclass and prevent "taste for blood" + - Corresponds to Dr. Moreau's fear of "taste for flesh" +- Progress & motive as proper justifications of cruelty + - Dr. Moreau's negligence of pain corresponds to this + +Vivisectionists and Anti-vivisectionists continued to battle out in the +legal system throughout the 19th century, but little changed in terms of +public opinion and physicians' ability to vivisect. |