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1876

Passage of Cruelty to Animals Act in Britain (French, chs 5-7 ), the administration of which “interfered significantly with research in experimental medicine in Britain between 1876 and 1882” (191). Establishment of the Physiological Society in England to coordinate scientific/medical response to antivivisection movement (Fye, 171; French, 196-98).