British Women Surgeons and Their Patients, 1860-1918

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.

List of contents

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.

About the author

Claire Brock is Senior Lecturer in the School of Arts at the University of Leicester. She is the author of two monographs, The Feminization of Fame, 1750–1830 (2006) and The Comet Sweeper (2007), and the editor of New Audiences for Science: Women, Children, and Labourers (2013). Brock won the British Society for the History of Science's international Singer Prize for young scholars (2005) and received a Wellcome Trust Research Leave Award (2012–14) for British Women Surgeons and their Patients, 1860–1918.

Summary

Drawing upon a rich archive, Brock explores the cultural, social and self-representation of the woman surgeon in Britain from 1860 to the end of the Great War. This book is essential reading for those interested in medical history, providing wide-ranging new perspectives on the history of women, patient narratives and the history of surgery. This title is also available as Open Access.

Product details

• Authors: Claire Brock, Claire (University of Leicester) Brock, Brock Claire
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781316637494
• ISBN: 978-1-316-63749-4
• No. of pages: 315
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, MEDICAL / History, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Medicine, c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, doctor/patient relationship, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, History and Archaeology, Doctor / patient relationship