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A History of Prostate Cancer: Cancer, Men and Medicine
Helen K. Valier
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Description for A History of Prostate Cancer: Cancer, Men and Medicine
Hardback. Series: Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MJCL; MJS; MQW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
This book offers a comprehensive and inclusive insight into the history of prostate cancer and its sufferers. Until recently, little practical help could be offered for men afflicted with the devastating diseases of the genitourinary organs. This is despite complaints of painful urination from aging men being found in ancient medical manuscripts, despite the anatomical discoveries of the European Renaissance and despite the experimental surgical researches of the eighteen and nineteenth centuries. As diseases of the prostate, including prostate cancer, came to be better understood in the early twentieth century, therapeutic nihilism ... Read more
This book offers a comprehensive and inclusive insight into the history of prostate cancer and its sufferers. Until recently, little practical help could be offered for men afflicted with the devastating diseases of the genitourinary organs. This is despite complaints of painful urination from aging men being found in ancient medical manuscripts, despite the anatomical discoveries of the European Renaissance and despite the experimental surgical researches of the eighteen and nineteenth centuries. As diseases of the prostate, including prostate cancer, came to be better understood in the early twentieth century, therapeutic nihilism ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History
Condition
New
Weight
438g
Number of Pages
241
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403988034
SKU
V9781403988034
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99-15
About Helen K. Valier
Helen Valier is Director of the Medicine & Society Program at The Honors College, University of Houston, USA. Her teaching and research interests fall broadly within western and colonial/postcolonial medicine and technology from late nineteenth to late twentieth century.
Reviews for A History of Prostate Cancer: Cancer, Men and Medicine
Valier takes on the ambitious task of writing a history of prostate cancer from ancient times through to the present day. ... This book-length treatment of prostate cancer is a much-needed addition to cancer history. Valier does a good job of indicating areas of interest and potential further inquiry in her important subject. (Laura Dawes, The British Journal for ... Read more