Suffering for science reason and sacrifice in modern America Herzig, Rebecca M. 1971- creator JSTOR (Organization) text bibliography Electronic books. nju 2005 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (207 pages) From gruesome self-experimentation to exhausting theoretical calculations, stories abound of scientists willfully surrendering health, well-being, and personal interests for the sake of their work. What accounts for the prevalence of this coupling of knowledge and pain-and for the peculiar assumption that science requires such suffering? In this lucid and absorbing history, Rebecca M. Herzig explores the rise of an ethic of "self-sacrifice" in American science. Delving into some of the more bewildering practices of the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, she describes when an. Willing captives -- The bonds of science -- Purists -- Explorers -- Martyrs -- Barbarians. Rebecca M. Herzig. Electronic resource. Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-186) and index. n-us--- Science Social aspects United States History 19th century United States History 19th century Human body Social aspects United States History 19th century Self History 19th century Human body Social aspects United States History 19th century Science Social aspects United States History 19th century Self History 19th century United States History 19th century SCIENCE History MEDICAL History Human body Social aspects Science Social aspects Self United States 1800-1899 fast Q127.U6 H396 2005eb 509.73 509.73/09/034 509.7309034 9780813537641 0813537649 0813536626 9780813536620 081353951X 9780813539515 22573/ctt4jvg8v JSTOR http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5hjd9p MHW 120823 20260612160826.0 in00003815058 eng