ASCI 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Louis Pasteur, Stuttering, Nuremberg Code
14 Apr 2016
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To see the effect of drugs or other variables on humans. Informed consent: participant must be aware/able to participate in experiment. Managing privacy: confidentiality or anonymity, data management, data protection, not identifying participants name or personal information. An ethical board, like a university, should approve the experiment (ethics of the experiment, consent, ethical treatment of participants, amount of deception, potential physical/mental harm) Aristotle said that animals are not the same as humans, so there can be no injustice against animals. Historically, the west believed that animals lack mortal souls. There is an increase in animal experimentation as veterinary science and medicine are on the rise. Practical experiments using dissection as a tool. Fran ois magendie (1783-1855) and claude bernard (1813-1878) Wanted to understand how living organisms function. Tested the nervous system with no painkillers to see the reaction. Advocates for vivisection (used ether to prevent pain in surgery) Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals (spca, london, 1824)
