Defining difference : competing forms of ovarian surgery in the nineteenth century / Sally Frampton.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Author/Creator:

Frampton, Sally, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surgery--History.

Surgery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

annual

Began with: 2016-

Other Title:

Defining difference

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2016.

Summary:

Ovariotomy provides a useful way of unpacking not just the process of surgical innovation but also the usefulness of innovation as an analytical category in the history of medicine. How might we pin down the meaning of "innovation"-let alone "alternative innovation"-in surgery when these innovations themselves are unstable, changing entities that are difficult to define? Through the example of ovariotomy I show that alternative innovation need not necessarily imply competition between diverse innovations, but that such a framework might also be used to consider how different versions of the "same" operation arise.

Contents:

Technological Change in Surgery: An Introductory Essay

Inimitable Innovation: Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach and the Renewal of Surgery, 1822-1847

Defining Difference: Competing Forms of Ovarian Surgery in the Nineteenth Century

"Making Bad Boys Good": Brain Surgery and the Juvenile Court in Progressive Era America

Prosthetic Imaginaries: Spinal Surgery and Innovation from the Patient's Perspective

Disruptive Potential: The "Landmark" REMATCH Trial, Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Technology, and the Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure in the United States

Placebos and the Progress of SurgerySurgical Practice and the Reconstruction of the Therapeutic Niche: The Case of Myocardial Revascularization

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List of Contributors

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