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...

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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
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: disapproval, curiosity, amusement, obstinate hostility? women and surgery, 1860-1918
From controversy to consolidation: surgery at the New Hospital for Women, 1872-1902
The experiences of female surgical patients at the Royal Free Hospital, 1903-1913
Women surgeons and the treatment of malignant disease
Inside the theatre of war
Operating on the home front, 1914-1918
Conclusion.