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Author Kaartinen, Marjo, 1964-

Title Breast cancer in the eighteenth century / Marjo Kaartinen
Published London : Pickering & Chatto Publishers, 2013
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Description 1 online resource (195 pages)
Series Studies for the international society for cultural history
Studies for the international society for cultural history.
Contents Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. 'One of the most grievous and rebellious diseases' -- 2. 'But sad resources' -- 3. Women's agency and role in choice of treatment -- 4. 'So frightful to the very imagination' -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Breast -- Cancer -- Patients -- History -- 18th century.
Medicine and psychology -- History -- 18th century.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1781443548
1848933657 (electronic bk.)
9781781443545
9781848933651 (electronic bk.)