Search results
This assertion reflects two Bernardian beliefs: (1) all biomedical advances come from the laboratory, and (2) all legitimate biomedical laboratory experiments are experiments on animals. Bernard asserts the primacy of laboratory science and denigrates clinical medicine.
Those in favor of animal testing argue that experiments on animals are necessary to advance medical and biological knowledge. Claude Bernard, known as the father of physiology, stated that “experiments on animals are entirely conclusive for the toxicology and hygiene of man.
- Rachel Hajar
- 2011
Mar 19, 2013 · Together with Claude Bernard, a close friend, he would later develop the process of pasteurization to destroy microorganisms in food. Pasteur began hypothesizing that microbes could also be the causative agents of many diseases affecting humans and other animals.
- Nuno Henrique Franco
- 10.3390/ani3010238
- 2013
- Animals (Basel). 2013 Mar; 3(1): 238-273.
People also ask
What did Claude Bernard say about animal physiology?
Why is animal testing important?
Who is Claude Bernard?
What was Bernard's physiology?
Claude Bernard, the prince of vivisectors and the father of physiology, finally established animal experimentation as part of the standard scientific methods. In 1966, the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act finally had a more focused approach towards animal protection and judicious use of animals for medical testing.
- Rakhee Goyal
- 2015
Published 1994. Philosophy, Medicine. International Studies in The Philosophy of Science. Abstract Claude Bernard, the father of scientific physiology, believed that if medicine was to become truly scientific, it would have to be based on rigorous and controlled animal experiments.
Sep 1, 2001 · Claude Bernard was a skilful experimenter, a feature that was first noticed by François Magendie 23, who hired him as ' preparateur ' at the Collège de France. Even today, with much help from ...
In the late-nineteenth century, French physiologist Claude Bernard argued that scientific progress required experimentation on living animals, also known as vivisection. Regarded as the father of experimental physiology, Bernard helped make animal experimentation—a practice dating back to the ancient world—central to research around the world.
