Animal Testing In Ancient Greeks

Animal testing had been around since the time of the ancient Greeks. In the past, animal were only used for researching anatomy and how organs worked in those specific animals. Now animals are used to test pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Animals were used in the ancient days to study anatomy. Herophilus and Erasistratus, two Greek scientists, for example, examined sensory nerves, motor nerves, and tendons in order to understand their functional differences(Animal Testing: A Long, Unpretty History). Animals were also used to practice surgical techniques. Italian anatomy teacher Andreas Vesalius used animals in his class. He would take a dog and locate each of it organs as his class guessed the function of that particular organ. Over the