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Moreau has a gift for surgery, vivisection is the period terminology employed; he grafts various types of animal parts together to create new creatures with humanoid characteristics. He attempts to humanize them with restrictive laws and fear of punishment in "the house of pain" where the surgeries take place to prevent them from yeilding to their innate animal instincts. Despite his efforts, the "beast flesh" has a way of overtaking the hybrid humaniod creatures, and an uprising ensues.

This is a fascinating and entertaining means for examining the animalistic side of humanity and the complex nature of all living beings. ]]>