Breast Cancer in the Eighteenth Century (Studies for the International Society for Cultural History)

by Marjo Kaartinen (Author), Marjo Kaartinen (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2013

  $176.39

  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.