Constructions of Cancer in Early Modern England Ravenous Natures /

This book is open access under a CC-BY licence. Cancer is perhaps the modern world's most feared disease. Yet, we know relatively little about this malady's history before the nineteenth century. This book provides the first in-depth examination of perceptions of cancerous disease in early...

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Main Author: Skuse, Alanna (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine,
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