Breast Cancer in the Eighteenth Century

Breast Cancer in the Eighteenth Century

Author: Marjo Kaartinen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-10-06

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 131732028X

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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.