British Women Surgeons and Their Patients, 1860-1918

ISBN-13: 9781316637494 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 315 str.

Claire Brock

Opis

A rich new examination of the cultural, social and self-representation of the woman surgeon in Britain from 1860 to 1918. This title is also available as Open Access.

Recenzje

'… what an impressive story Brock has to tell. It is important to know what these early women surgeons did and the obstacles they overcame. I was especially taken by Brock's portrait of the eagerness of these women to cut open bodies, to try to solve the problems that major surgery promised to solve.' Marjorie Levine-Clark, The American Historical Review

Spis treści

Acknowledgments; List of charts and tables; List of illustrations; Introduction: disapproval, curiosity, amusement, obstinate hostility? Women and surgery, 1860–1918; 1. From controversy to consolidation: surgery at the New Hospital for Women, 1872–1902; 2. The experiences of female surgical patients at the Royal Free Hospital, 1903–13; 3. Women surgeons and the treatment of malignant disease; 4. Inside the theatre of war; 5. Operating on the Home Front, 1914–18; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.