It is possible that human vivisection was practised by some Greek anatomists in Alexandria in the 3rd century BC.

When was the vivisection invented?

It is possible that human vivisection was practised by some Greek anatomists in Alexandria in the 3rd century BC.

Who started vivisection?

Galen, a physician in 2nd-century Rome, dissected pigs and goats, and is known as the "Father of Vivisection." Avenzoar, an Arabic physician in 12th-century Moorish Spain who also practiced dissection, introduced animal testing as an experimental method of testing surgical procedures before applying them to human ...