Human Experimentation, 1715-1972 Local Node Workshop Oct. 23, 2009

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Fri., Oct. 23, 2009, 12:00pm

The Human Experimentation, 1715-1972 Workshop was an interdisciplinary workshop examining various aspects of early modern and modern scientific and medical experimentation on humans. The speakers presenting at this workshop came from Canadian, American and British universities and represent a number of different disciplines. Topics discussed include human exhibition, electrifying bodies, galvanic experiments, eugenic anthropometry, human experimentation, and eugenic experiments.

October 23, 2009, from 8:30am to 4pm in the Theatre Room of the Diefenbaker Centre at the University of Saskatchewan.


Hosted by Dr. Larry Stewart and Dr. Erika Dyck

Contact Marc MacDonald at jmm328@mail.usask.ca. Funds provided by SSHRC Cluster and CRC History of Medicine.

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