Venomous encounters : snakes, vivisection and scientific medicine in colonial Australia /: snakes, vivisection and scientific medicine in colonial Australia. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter Hobbins.
• Authors: Hobbins, Peter
• Editors: Thompson, Andrew
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 615.942; Venom -- Australia -- History; Vivisection -- Australia -- History; Poisonous snakes -- Venom -- Australia -- History; Australia -- History -- 1788-1900
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526106285; 9781526106278
• Related ISBNs: 9781526101440
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