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7. Even a cow would be killed ...: about the difference between killing (some) animals and (some) humans
No full textA case study on the impact of clinically-observed abnormalities in mice with gallstones on the ethical admissibility of a projected experiment with gallstone-bearing mice.
No full textImpact of discomfort in laboratory animals on the ethical admissibility of projected experiments.
No full textOn the Tuber magnatum, Tuber albidum and Tuber rufum author name: Picco vs Pico
No full textThis article presents the results of a research that has been conducted on the surname of the author of the three truffle species Tuber magnatum, T. albidum and T. rufum who in the nomenclatural databases of fungi is listed as “Picco” rather than “Pico” (how he is usually indicated). Drawing upon official documents from the Turin State and University Archives the claim is made that the surname Picco is the correct version. This name can also be found in a contemporary review of the book Melethemata Inauguralia (Picco 1788), as well as in a biographic dictionary of Piedmontese physicians dated back to 1825. Therefore, the officially used indication since Stafleu and Cowan (1983) can be considered to be correct
De verbazing van de dierenarts
No full textDe kat van mijn moeder was oud en ziek. We hadden het aangezien, geaarzeld, maar nu toch besloten dat het genoeg was zo. Ik gaf de kat, die rustig op de schoot van mijn moeder lag, een injectie, en Mosje (hij had maar één oog) sliep rustig in. Een vredig en goed einde. Vrijwel direct hierna kwam mijn (toen) nieuwe vriendin voor het eerst op bezoek. Mijn moeder was nog zo onder de indruk van het gebeuren dat ze tegen mijn vriendin zei, “oh, wat is dat toch mooi dat dit zo bij dieren kan, dat moest bij mensen ook zo kunnen…” Mijn tenen krulden in mijn schoenen, want ik wist dat mijn vriendin (arts) net vreselijk worstelde met de vraag of zij moest voldoen aan een verzoek tot euthanasie. Ik vermoed dat zij wel iets anders dacht over die hartenkreet van mijn moeder. Over het verschil gaat dit stukje
A monograph of the Vochysiaceae. II. Callisthene
No full textThe genus Callisthene is found in the Extra Amazonian part of the Brazilian mainland, particularly in the zone of the campos and in the adjacent parts of Bolivia. The genus comprises eight species, as defined in this paper. It shows its greatest diversity on the central plateau of the Brazilian state of Minas Geraes. Most of the species are typical trees of the campos of the interior Brazilian plateau, which is characterized by a climate with a severe dry season.
The genus was first described by MARTIUS in 1824. He mentioned all important characters and placed it in the Vochysiaceae, a family which had been described only four years earlier by A. DE ST. HILAIRE (1820). It was named after Callisthenes (360—327 B.C.), the Greek naturalist and historian of Alexander the Great, relative and pupil of Aristotle. MARTIUS (l.c.) described 3 species, WARMING (1875 in the “Flora Brasiliensis”) 7, while BRIQUET (1919) added several others, only one of which — in the opinion of the present author — can stand after careful studies of the complete type material
Wat zijn de huidige adviezen ten aanzien van het gebruik van orale anticonceptiva en het risico op trombose?
No full textThe Ethical Acceptability of Animal Experiments: A Proposal for a System to Support Decisionmaking
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