Breast Cancer in the Eighteenth Century

Description:

Early modern physicians and surgeons tried desperately to understand breast cancer, testing new medicines and radically improving operating techniques. In this study, Kaartinen explores the emotional responses of patients and their families to the disease in the long 18th century.

subjects: Breast, cancer,  Medicine and psychology,  Cancer, patients,  Breast,  Cancer,  Patients,  History,  Breast Neoplasms,  Women's Health,  Psychological Stress,  Neoplasms,  Therapy,  Borstkanker,  Sein,  Histoire,  HEALTH & FITNESS,  Diseases,  MEDICAL,  Oncology,  Psychology,  History, 18th Century