Bathsheba's breast : women, cancer & history / James S. Olson.
| Author/creator | Olson, James Stuart, 1946- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2002. |
| Description | x, 302 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue : across time -- Dark ages -- Unkindest cut of all : the origins of the mastectomy -- William Stewart Halsted and the radical mastectomy -- Superradicals and the medicine of mutilation -- New beginnings : assault on the radical mastectomy -- Beauty and the breast : the great American obsession -- Out of the closet : breast cancer in the 1970s -- Patient heal thyself : quacks and cures in the age of narcissism -- Choices : medical treatment in the age of liberation -- Breast cancer wars -- Biology, society, and destiny -- Epilogue : the new millenium. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-289) and index. |
| LCCN | 2001006265 |
| ISBN | 0801869366 : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Laupus | Books - Stacks | WP 11.1 O52B 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |