William Watson Cheyne (1852-1932), a surgeon by training and a student of Joseph Lister, was a prominent British bacteriologist who published 60 papers and 13 monographs from 1879 to 1927. A proponent of the idea that bacteriology and medicine were interdependent disciplines, he investigated the causes and treatment of wound infections, tuberculosis, cholera, tetanus and gangrene. In 1897, he organized an historical outline of 19th century bacteriology in five landmark periods of discovery, each defined by the work of an influential figure. This study documents his contributions to the history of microbiology and describes his activities as a laboratory investigator, clinician, surgeon, translator, editor and educator.

Physiological Fallacies is a compelling collection of essays and articles by various authors, all of whom are critical of vivisection and animal experimentation. Topics covered include the ethics of animal testing, the scientific validity of vivisection, and alternative research methods. An important resource for animal rights activists and anyone interested in the history of science and medicine. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Ce livre historique peut contenir de nombreuses coquilles et du texte manquant. Les acheteurs peuvent generalement telecharger une copie gratuite scannee du livre original (sans les coquilles) aupres de l'editeur. Non reference. Non illustre. 1882 edition. Extrait: ...from the spot; and, if forced to move by blows, he strikes against obstacles, falls from the table, and so on.... It was very interesting that, after two months, a hemiopia was distinguishable...".. (P. 39.) "Once or twice, when I had extirpated the entire cortex on the upper surface of both temporal lobes, I observed persistent cortical deafness; but since the animals" (these were dogs) " only survived the operation eight days, and were in a bad condition, besides, one cannot lay stress on these examples." (P. 41.) "Let us examine," he proceeds a little farther on "a dog from whose cortex a large part inside the portion D, let us say of the left hemisphere, has been extirpated.... When the fever is past, 3 or 5 days after the operation, we observe as follows: --Loss of sensibility in the right fore-leg. If we touch any of the other three legs, or prick them slightly, the dog looks round, or bites if he is bad-tempered;... if we do so to the right fore-leg, even if we pinch or prick severely, the dog takes no notice; and if we pinch forcibly, or prick deeply, the dog only lifts his leg, and neither looks round nor tries to bite." (P. 450 He mentions casually, "the alternate sewing up of the eyes" of his monkeys. A note at p. 54 explains--" The wildness of monkeys does not allow of a simpler mode of occluding one eye. We have only in the last few years succeeded in taming one or two so far as to allow of a good adhesive plaster. I notice in passing, that of the different sorts of monkeys I have used, Macacus Cynomolgus is the best for research; Cynocephalus is too large, Inuus Rhesus too wild, and Arcocebus Sinicus has too little power of resistance." (Zu wenig resistent.) This means of...