Project Gutenberg 2010-04-17 Public domain in the USA. 158 Leffingwell, Albert 1845 1916 Vivisection Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Vivisection" by Albert Leffingwell, M.D. is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book discusses the controversial practice of vivisection—performing experiments on live animals—debating its ethical implications and utility in medical education and research. It seeks to address the moral dilemmas associated with such experiments while evaluating the actual benefits they provide to the field of medicine. In the book, Leffingwell presents a critical examination of vivisection, emphasizing the often severe pain inflicted on animals during these procedures. He articulates the argument that many vivisection practices do not yield significant results that justify the suffering caused, pointing out that while some physiological knowledge has been gained, it has not led to substantial advancements in therapeutics or the treatment of human disease. Addressing the opposition between scientific advancement and moral responsibility, Leffingwell advocates for greater oversight and restrictions on vivisection, particularly in educational settings, and calls for a re-evaluation of the practices that may desensitize medical students to suffering. Through a blend of personal observations, statistics, and appeals to ethical considerations, he argues for a more humane approach to scientific experimentation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 46.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Vivisection HV Text Category: Science - Biology Category: Health & Medicine Category: Philosophy & Ethics 138602 2025-07-13T07:13:28.562816 text/html 137223 2021-01-06T11:41:05 text/html 127709 2025-07-13T07:13:34.330824 application/epub+zip 127844 2025-07-13T07:13:31.304840 application/epub+zip 114966 2025-07-13T07:13:30.202839 application/epub+zip 266857 2025-07-13T07:13:36.422848 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251446 2025-07-13T07:13:33.492842 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 206618 2022-09-14T16:04:02.416612 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 119838 2025-07-13T07:13:28.231890 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 119670 2021-01-06T11:41:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 119698 2021-01-06T11:41:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21155 2025-07-13T07:13:36.544791 application/rdf+xml 15829 2025-07-13T07:13:30.692803 image/jpeg 3782 2025-07-13T07:13:30.445824 image/jpeg 44904 2021-01-06T11:41:05 application/octet-stream application/zip 48936 2021-01-06T11:41:05 application/octet-stream application/zip 44875 2021-01-06T11:41:05 application/octet-stream application/zip 124202 2025-07-13T07:13:28.573801 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia