Alarik Frithiof Holmgren
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Alarik Frithiof Holmgren (1831–1897) was a Swedish physiologist and professor at Upsala University and a vocal opponent of vivisection
, and particularly the use of curare
to immobilize subjects so they appeared peaceful while feeling great pain. He studied vision and following a railway crash at Lagerlunda, he advocated the need to preclude people with defective color vision from railway employment. This established the now standard practice of excluded color blind individuals from employment in certain sectors.
Holmgren was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
from 1880.
Vivisection
Vivisection is defined as surgery conducted for experimental purposes on a living organism, typically animals with a central nervous system, to view living internal structure...
, and particularly the use of curare
Curare
Curare is a common name for various arrow poisons originating from South America. The three main types of curare are:* tubocurare...
to immobilize subjects so they appeared peaceful while feeling great pain. He studied vision and following a railway crash at Lagerlunda, he advocated the need to preclude people with defective color vision from railway employment. This established the now standard practice of excluded color blind individuals from employment in certain sectors.
Holmgren was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The Academy is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization which acts to promote the sciences, primarily the natural sciences and mathematics.The Academy was founded on 2...
from 1880.