Belly-Rippers, Surgical Innovation and the Ovariotomy Controversy
This open access book looks at the dramatic history of ovariotomy, an operation to remove ovarian tumours first practiced in the early nineteenth century. Bold and daring, surgeons who performed it claimed to be initiating a new era of surgery by opening the abdomen. Ovariotomy soon occupied a compl...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cham
Springer Nature
2018
|
| Series: | Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Internet
OAPEN Library: download the publicationOAPEN Library: description of the publication
3rd Floor Main Library
| Call Number: |
A1234.567 |
|---|---|
| Copy 1 | Available |