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Richardson, Bertram. Papers.

Collection Number: MC039

Correspondence with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and notes on the chamber's use and construction. Inventor of a euthanasia device called the "Lethal chamber for the painless extinction of lower animal life."

Finding Aid

Finding Aid on the Online Archive of California

Inclusive Dates

1871-1905.

Extent

0.2 linear feet

Subject

Animal Science

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