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Why Animal Experimentation Matters
William Harvey discovered that blood circulates through the body and was called "the greatest physiological advance of the 17th century and perhaps of all time." He exclusively used animal experiements everything from sheep to snakes. -
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Animal Testing History
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Why Animal Experimentation Matters
Nicolas Saucerotte employed animal experiments to shed light on problems in neurosurgery. -
The Ethics of Animal Experimentation
The Cruelty to Animals Act was passed to regulate and oversee experimentation to animals. Persons who wished to perform experiments on animals had to be licensed. -
Why Animal Experimentation Matters
Louis Pasteur performed a public demonstration by vaccinating twenty-four sheep, one goat, and six cows. The purpose of the demonstration was to counteract rabies. -
Why Animal Experiementation Matters
Max Theiler discovered that white mice could also be employed to study yellow fever. -
Animal Welfare, Animal Rights: the Past, the Present, and the 21st Century
The National Association of Medical Research (now defunct) attempted to clarify on the virtues of medical research. The only advocacy group formed during this time. -
What Animals Want: Expertise and Advocacy in Laboratory Animal Welfare Policy
Animal Care Panel was formed. -
What Animals Want: Expertise and Avocacy in Laboratory Animal Welfare Policy
The Animal Care Panel publishes the NIH Guide which is a guide for the care and use of laboratory animals. -
Why Animals Matter: The Case for Animal Protection
President Lyndon Johnson signed the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act (LAWA) to appease the public's outrage over the theft of pets for animal research. -
Animal Welfare, Animal Rights: The Past, the Present, and the 21st Century
The Medicines Act calls for the use of alternatives to animal testing of drugs when possible. -
Why Animal Experimentation Matters
Experimented on monkeys to find a vaccine for the Ebola virus and AIDS. -
What Animals Want: Expertise and Advocacy in Laboratory Animal Welfare Policy
The National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR), a major animal research advocacy organization throughout the 1980s and 1990s
