Vivisection
Mice are the most numerous mammal species used for live animal research. Such research is sometimes described as vivisection. Vivisection (from Latin vivus , meaning 'alive', and sectio , meaning 'cutting') is surgery conducted for experimental purposes on a living organism, typically animals with a central nervous system, to view living internal structure. The word is, more broadly, used as a pejorative [1] catch-all term for experimentation on live animals [2] [3] [4] by organizations opposed to animal experimentation, [5] but the term is rarely used by practicing scientists. [3] [6] Human vivisection, such as live organ harvesting, has been perpetrated as a form of torture. [7] Contents 1 Animal vivisection 1.1 Vivisection and anti-vivisection in the 19th century 1.1.1 François Magendie (1783–1855) 1.1.2 David Ferrier and the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 2 Human vivisection 3 See also 4 References 5 Further readin