Vivisection
"Vivisection" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The cutting of or surgical operation on a living animal, usually for physiological or pathological investigation. (from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dict, 10th ed)
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D014824
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.017.900
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vivisection" by people in Profiles.
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Finn MA, Stark JF. Medical science and the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876: A re-examination of anti-vivisectionism in provincial Britain. Stud Hist Philos Biol Biomed Sci. 2015 Feb; 49:12-23.