Belly-Rippers, Surgical Innovation and the Ovariotomy Controversy

Sally Frampton

Springer International Publishing AG, 2019

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This open access book looks at the dramatic history of ovariotomy, an operation to remove ovarian tumours first practiced in the early nineteenth century. Ovariotomy soon occupied a complex position within medicine and society, as an operation which symbolised surgical progress, while also remaining at the boundaries of ethical acceptability.

ISBN-13
9783319786100
ISBN-10
3319786105
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Year
2019
Publication date
2019-01-15
Pages
267
Dimensions
155x217x23
Weight
462