
Venomous encounters Snakes, vivisection and scientific medicine in colonial Australia
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Summary
Author Biography
Peter Hobbins is Research Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Sydney, Australia
Table of 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
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