Kingsford, Anna. “The Uselessness of Vivisection”. Nineteenth Century, Vol.
11
, No. 60, Feb. 1882, pp. 171-83. 171
Sir David Ferrier
Standard Name: Ferrier, Sir David
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| politics | Frances Power Cobbe | Even some of her own supporters blamed FPC
's tactics—which included plastering London with disturbingly graphic pictures—for alienating public opinion. She had earlier warned her sister Society members in an address not to rely on... |
| Textual Features | Anna Kingsford | AK
here addresses the question of whether the suffering saved to man by vivisection [is] worth that which it inflicts physically on animals, and morally on a large proportion of the public. |
| Textual Production | Wilkie Collins | It had appeared serially in Belgravia, as well as in a number of newspapers. Collins dedicated Heart and Science to Napoleon Sarnoy
, a photographer well-known for his pornographic postcards. The novel was partly... |
Timeline
1843: Scottish neurologist Sir David Ferrier examined...
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1843
Scottish neurologist Sir David Ferrier
examined the brains of living primates and other animals to locate and map the motor and sensory regions of the brain. He was later tried for vivisection.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
311
Collins, Wilkie. Heart and Science. Chatto and Windus, 1883, 3 vols.
15-6
17 November 1881: Professor David Ferrier was unsuccessfuly...
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17 November 1881
Professor David Ferrier
was unsuccessfuly tried for unlicensed vivisection under the recent Cruelty to Animals Act.
Collins, Wilkie. Heart and Science. Chatto and Windus, 1883, 3 vols.
15-16, 365
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