Marjo Kaartinen

Breast Cancer in the Eighteenth Century (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Early modern physicians and surgeons tried desperately to understand breast cancer, testing new medicines and radically improving operating techniques. In this study, the first of its kind, Kaartinen explores the emotional responses of patients and their families to the disease in the long eighteenth century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317320296
• Artikelnr.: 43589586

Autorenporträt

Marjo Kaartinen

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 'One of the Most Grievous and Rebellious Diseases': Defining, Diagnosing and the Causes of Cancer
Chapter 2 'But Sad Resources': Treating Cancer in the Eighteenth Century
Chapter 3 Women's Agency and Role in Choice of Treatment
Chapter 4 'So Frightful to the Very Imagination': Pain, Emotions and Cancer in the Breast
epilogue Epilogue