Venomous encounters: snakes, vivisection and scientific medicine in colonial australia
Auteur :
Hobbins, Peter
Éditeur :
Manchester University Press
ISBN :
9781526101440
Date de publication :
6 janv. 2017
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
517 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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 nineteenth-century Australia and India, the neglected significance of inter-colony exchanges and conflicts and the importance of vivisection to science. -- .