Scalpel and the Butterfly The War Between Animal Research and Animal Protection

Name: Scalpel and the Butterfly The War Between Animal Research and Animal Protection
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ISBN: 9780374254209

ISBN-10: 0374254206

ISBN-13: 9780374254209

Edition: 2000

Authors: Deborah Rudacille

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An engrossing and eloquent study of the history and ethics of animal experimentation The heart of a pig may soon beat in a human chest. Sheep, cattle, and mice have been cloned. Slowly but inexorably scientists are learning how to transfer tissues, organs, and DNA between species. Some think this research is moving too far, too fast, without adequate discussion of possible consequences: Is it ethical to breed animals for spare parts? When does the cost in animal life and suffering outweigh the potential benefit to humans? In precise and elegant prose, The Scalpel and the Butterfly explores the ongoing struggle between the promise offered by new research and the anxiety about safety and…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 9/26/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Introduction


Viruses, Vaccines, and Vivisection


The Kingdom of the Spirit


The Dogs of War


Nazi Healing


Polio Politics


The New Crusaders


Stalking the Shadow


Saints and Sinners


Engineering Life


Animals, Science, and the Body


Partial Transformations


Epilogue


Notes


References


Resources


Acknowledgments


Index