Plays

Plays
Author: Thomas Otway
Publisher:
Total Pages: 668
Release: 1678
Genre:
ISBN:

Breast Cancer in the Eighteenth Century

Breast Cancer in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Marjo Kaartinen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2015-10-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 131732028X

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.