Cover Image

British women surgeons and their patients, 1860-1918 /

"When women agitated to join the medical profession in Britain during the 1860s, the practice of surgery proved both a help (women were neat, patient and used to needlework) and a hindrance (surgery was brutal, bloody and distinctly unfeminine). In this major new study, Claire Brock examines th...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brock, Claire, 1977- (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Women surgeons > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Women surgeons > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Medical care.
World War, 1914-1918 > Women.
Surgeons > history
Women > history
General Surgery > history
Sexism > history
World War I
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
United Kingdom
Chirurgiennes > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Chirurgiennes > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Soins médicaux.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Femmes.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Medical care
Women
Women surgeons
Great Britain
1800-1999
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Similar Items