Isbn: 9781334238260 - priests of progress (classic reprint) (3 risultati)

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book is a narrative exploration of Victorian medicine. The author draws on real-life characters and medical controversies. It deals with the tension between scientific advance and moral responsibility, the need for progress, and the dangers of recklessness. The narrative follows three young men who, newly qualified, must make their way in the medical profession. Each man has his own approach to the ethical dilemmas of the profession they have joined, and each must discover how far they are prepared to compromise. At the heart of the narrative is the story of a dog who escapes from hospital with a tube in his throat after an experiment. The book explores the moral and practical arguments for and against vivisection, and asks wider questions about the relationship between animals and humans, the nature of suffering, and the point at which the pursuit of knowledge becomes morally dubious. It also reveals the authorâs own ambivalent feelings about the path that medical science was beginning to take. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…