Rabies in Britain E-Book

N. Pemberton

• Herausgeber: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Serie: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2007

Beschreibung

Rabies was a constant threat in Victorian Britain and gripped popular imagination, not least because its human form, hydrophobia, produced a vile death with the mind and body out of control. This book explores the changing understanding of rabies amongst veterinarians, animal welfare campaigners, state officials, politicians and the public.