Women Under the Knife A History of Surgery. Tapa dura - 1991

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

Radius, 04/04/1991. Hardcover. Used; Good. **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

London: Hutchinson Radius. Very Good/Very Good. 1991. Hard Cover. 8vo 009174508X Dust jacket complete, unclipped in a clear protective sleeve. Green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. xxv, 289 pages clean and tight. WOMEN UNDER THE KNIFE is the story of how modern surgery developed through experiments on women. In 1811 Fanny Burney, then Madame d'Arblay, wrote a harrowing journal about an operation she had endured for breast cancer. These were the days before anaesthetics, and many people preferred to suffer their pain - whatever the consequences - rather than to submit to the terrifying hands of the surgeons. And many surgeons dared not do what they knew in theory would relieve the suffering of their patients. Because operations on ovaries were the major development of internal surgery in the nineteenth century, it was women who bore the brunt of surgical experimentation and who also reaped its rewards. Their need was great, but so… Leer más

Radius, 1991-04-03. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Ebury Publishing. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: Hutchinson Radius, 1991. Book. Good+. Soft cover. 9 1/8" x 6 1/8". xxv, 289 pages, frontispiece and 11 illustrations. Glossary, bibliography..

Random House (UK), 1992. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Hutchinson Radius, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. How modern surgery developed largely through experiments on women. 289 pages, index, bibliography. Couple of tiny rubs on dust jacket.

RADIUS, 1991-01-01. Hardcover. Good.