British women surgeons and their patients, 1860 -1918 / Claire Brock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brock, Claire, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women surgeons--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Women surgeons--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Women physicians--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Women physicians--Great Britain--History--20th century.

World War, 1914-1918--Medical care.

World War, 1914-1918--Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 305 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

British Women Surgeons & their Patients, 1860-1918

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

When women agitated to join the medical profession in Britain during the 1860s, the practice of surgery proved both a help (women were neat, patient and used to needlework) and a hindrance (surgery was brutal, bloody and distinctly unfeminine). In this major new study, Claire Brock examines the cultural, social and self-representation of the woman surgeon from the second half of the nineteenth century until the end of the Great War. Drawing on a rich archive of British hospital records, she investigates precisely what surgery women performed and how these procedures affected their personal and professional reputation, as well as the reactions of their patients to these new phenomena. Essential reading for those interested in the history of medicine, British Women Surgeons and their Patients, 1860-1918 provides wide-ranging new perspectives on patient narratives and women's participation in surgery between 1860 and 1918. This title is also available as Open Access.

Contents:

Introduction: Disapproval, Curiosity, Amusement, Obstinate Hostility? Women and Surgery, 1860-1918

From Controversy to Consolidation: Surgery at the New Hospital for Women, 1872-1902

The Experiences of Female Surgical Patients at the Royal Free Hospital, 1903-1913

Women Surgeons and the Treatment of Malignant Disease

Inside the Theatre of War

Operating on the Home Front, 1914-1918

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Mar 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Brock, Claire. British women surgeons and their patients, 1860-1918.

ISBN:

9781316947043

1316947041

9781316953273

1316953270

9781316911921

1316911926

OCLC:

979127279

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access