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Vivisection

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

National Society for Medical Research Archives

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 417
Abstract The National Society for Medical Research was established in 1946 with the purpose of insuring the freedom of investigators and teachers to use laboratory animals, whenever such use is justified. Over three hundred organizations supported NSMR. Correspondence, minutes, photographs, publications, clippings, printed matter, and legal cases and legislation covering the society's entire history. Includes extensive materials from antivivisection groups from 1924 to 1983, and a large collection of...
Dates: 1946-1984
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 73
Abstract

In 1867 he discovered that amyl nitrate effectively relieved pain of angina pectoris. Brunton is credited with developing the discipline of pharmacology.

Dates: 1881-1912
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections