Venomous encounters : snakes, vivisection and scientific medicine in colonial Australia /
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Author / Creator: | Hobbins, Peter, author. |
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Imprint: | Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017. |
Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies in imperialism |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12589217 |
Other authors / contributors: | Thompson, Andrew, editor. |
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ISBN: | 9781526106285 1526106280 1526106272 9781526106278 9781526101440 |
Notes: | Introduction 1. Serpents and settlers: the colonial animal matrix, 1788-1840 2. Vivisection in the pub: public spectacles and plebeian expertise, 1840-80 3. Ontological conjunctions: dogs, snakes, venoms and germs, 1843-68 4. In vivo veritas: the amoral ascent of colonial vivisection, 1868-76 5. Legislators and other animals: foregrounding vivisection, 1876-95 6. Immunology and indigeneity: species, serums and localisms, 1890-1914 Conclusion Index. CIP data; item not viewed. |
Summary: | Venomous encounters 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 19th-century Australia and India, the neglected significance of inter-colony exchanges and conflicts and the importance of vivisection to science. |
Other form: | Print version: 9781526101440 |
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