Shira Shmuely is Assistant Professor at the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University. Follow her on X @ShiraDina.

This is an important book that completes the historical understanding of the functioning of the 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act in Britain.(H-Net) The Bureaucracy of Empathy offers a thoughtfully framed, carefully researched, and compellingly written historical account that should be of interest to diverse audiences of scholars and perhaps advanced students.(History of Science Society)

• Introduction1. The Legal and Scientific Landscapes of the Act2. The Right Forms for the Job: Anesthesia, Brain Research, and Certificate E3. The Prick of a Needle: The Challenges of Inoculation4. Regulating Pain in Laboratories: The Inspectorate5. Libel, Slander, and VivisectionConclusion: The Act in the Twentieth CenturyPostscript: "Can They Suffer?"

Shira Shmuely is Assistant Professor at the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University. Follow her on X @ShiraDina.

This is an important book that completes the historical understanding of the functioning of the 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act in Britain.(H-Net) The Bureaucracy of Empathy offers a thoughtfully framed, carefully researched, and compellingly written historical account that should be of interest to diverse audiences of scholars and perhaps advanced students.(History of Science Society)

• Introduction1. The Legal and Scientific Landscapes of the Act2. The Right Forms for the Job: Anesthesia, Brain Research, and Certificate E3. The Prick of a Needle: The Challenges of Inoculation4. Regulating Pain in Laboratories: The Inspectorate5. Libel, Slander, and VivisectionConclusion: The Act in the Twentieth CenturyPostscript: "Can They Suffer?"

Shira Shmuely is Assistant Professor at the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University. Follow her on X @ShiraDina.

This is an important book that completes the historical understanding of the functioning of the 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act in Britain.(H-Net) The Bureaucracy of Empathy offers a thoughtfully framed, carefully researched, and compellingly written historical account that should be of interest to diverse audiences of scholars and perhaps advanced students.(History of Science Society)

• Introduction1. The Legal and Scientific Landscapes of the Act2. The Right Forms for the Job: Anesthesia, Brain Research, and Certificate E3. The Prick of a Needle: The Challenges of Inoculation4. Regulating Pain in Laboratories: The Inspectorate5. Libel, Slander, and VivisectionConclusion: The Act in the Twentieth CenturyPostscript: "Can They Suffer?"