History Of The Breast
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History Of The Breast
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Author : Marilyn Yalom
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 1998-03-31
History Of The Breast written by Marilyn Yalom and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-03-31 with Social Science categories.
In this provocative, pioneering, and wholly engrossing cultural history, noted scholar Marilyn Yalom explores twenty-five thousand years of ideas, images, and perceptions of the female breast--in religion, psychology, politics, society, and the arts. Through the centuries, the breast has been laden with hugely powerful and contradictory meanings. There is the "good breast" of reverence and life, the breast that nourishes infants and entire communities, as depicted in ancient idols, fifteenth-century Italian Madonnas, and representations of equality in the French Revolution. Then there is the "bad breast" of Ezekiel's wanton harlots, Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth, and the torpedo-breasted dominatrix, symbolizing enticement and aggression. Yalom examines these contradictions--and illuminates the implications behind them. A fascinating, astute, and richly allusive journey from Paleolithic goddesses to modern day feminists, A History of the Breast is full of insight and surprises. As Yalom says, "I intend to make you think about women's breasts as you never have before." In this, she succeeds brilliantly.
A History Of The Breast
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Author : Marilyn Yalom
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999-06-07
A History Of The Breast written by Marilyn Yalom and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-06-07 with categories.
This engrossing work of original research is the first to consider how the breast has been perceived in the Western world from ancient days to the present. Yalom investigates how the breast has been understood in religion, in medicine, and in psychoanalysis. 352 pp. 15,000 print.
A Short History Of Breast Cancer
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Author : D. de Moulin
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-04-18
A Short History Of Breast Cancer written by D. de Moulin and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-18 with Medical categories.
The Third Breast Cancer Working Conference of the Breast Cancer Cooperative Group of the European Organization for Research on Treatment of Cancer, to be held in Amsterdam on April 27-29, 1983, was the principle motive for writing this book. It was feh that a short review of the main pathogenetic conceptions and therapeutic principles which have presented themselves with regard to mammary cancer in the Course of Western history , might help to draw a more complete picture of where we stand today. It is not easy to decide which ideas, although discarded, deserve yet to be remembered and which authors from the past may be considered to be truly representative of the scientific climate of their age. Twenty centuries have produced quite a lot of ideas and the number of medical authors who advanced, or rejected, or modified, or revived them, is really uncountable. So the historian has to make a selec tion and choices are perforce subjective and open to criticism. In writing this book I tried to consult original sources in the original language as much as possible. These sources were not always strictly medical since I aimed at placing the problem of malignant breast disease - which might serve as a paradigm of cancer in general - in a somewhat wider context. For the history of medicine is not only a history of ideas, but also that of people, of institutions, of society.
A Short History Of Breast Cancer
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Author : Daniël de Moulin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983-01-01
A Short History Of Breast Cancer written by Daniël de Moulin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983-01-01 with Breast categories.
Breasts
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Author : Florence Williams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Breasts written by Florence Williams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
Draws from the fields of anthropology, biology, and medicine to describe the life cycle of the human female breast, from puberty to pregnancy to menopause, and discusses the organ's modern susceptibility to toxins and disease.
A Concise History Of Breast Cancer
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Author : Marc Lacroix
language : en
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Release Date : 2013-07
A Concise History Of Breast Cancer written by Marc Lacroix and has been published by Nova Science Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07 with Breast categories.
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed type of cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in women after lung cancer. It is estimated that breast cancer affects more than 1,000,000 women world-wide each year, and about 450,000 die from the disease. During the last decades, breast cancer has received considerable attention, yet it is a very old disease that was described years and years ago. This book provides a summary of breast cancer history. It covers the ages from the ancient times to the early 2000's, but mainly focuses on the 20th century and its numerous discoveries and inventions in the field of breast cancer detection, analysis and treatment.
Breasts
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Author : Florence Williams
language : en
Publisher: Text Publishing
Release Date : 2012-05-23
Breasts written by Florence Williams and has been published by Text Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-23 with categories.
Feted and fetishised, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece. But in the modern world, the breast is changing. Breasts are getting bigger, developing earlier and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly, the odds are stacked against us in the struggle against breast cancer—even among men. So what makes breasts so mercurial—and so vulnerable? As part of the research for this book, science journalist Florence Williams underwent tests on her own breasts and breast milk. She was shocked to learn that she was feeding her baby not just milk but also fire retardants and a whole host of other chemicals, all ingested throughout her life and stored in her breast tissue. At its heart, Breasts: a natural and unnatural history is the story of how our breasts went from being honed by the environment to being harmed by it; a revealing and at times alarming look at the way the changes in our environments, diets and lifestyles have altered our breasts, our health and, ultimately, the health of future generations. Accessible and entertaining—part biology, part anthropology and part medical journalism—Breasts is a wake-up call for all women.
The History And Mystery Of Breast Cancer
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Author : Michael Baum
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2019-07-12
The History And Mystery Of Breast Cancer written by Michael Baum and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-12 with Medical categories.
Breast cancer and its treatment is a terribly complex problem that involves all the intricacies of the human body, the anatomical and microscopic anatomy of the breast, the endocrine system, and bone metabolism, as well as the nature of malignant transformation. Even experts still have uncertainties. However, there is now an ethical and legal obligation for specialists to share their uncertainties with their patients when we are looking for informed consent before invasive procedures. Obsessive ruminations about the threat of breast cancer mean that few in the lay public know that breast cancer has slipped out of the top seven causes of death for women. Treatments for breast cancer might increase the risk of death from cardio-vascular disease, whilst, on the other hand, denying women in this age group hormone replacement therapy for the unjustified fear of breast cancer can impair their quality of life, cognitive function and bone mineral density. The totality of women’s health and expectation of life must always trump the single-issue fanatics who only view women as the sum of their two breasts. This is more than a self-help book, but should also be considered as introducing the history and mystery of breast cancer, from the time of the Ancient Egyptians to the modern era, as well as hopes for the future.
Bathsheba S Breast
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Author : James S. Olson
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2005-02-09
Bathsheba S Breast written by James S. Olson and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-02-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
" ... An absorbing narrative history of breast cancer told through the heroic stories of women who have confronted the disease."--Back cover.
Radical
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Author : Kate Pickert
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-10-01
Radical written by Kate Pickert and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-01 with Health & Fitness categories.
In this "powerful and unflinching page-turner" (New York Times), a healthcare journalist examines the science, history, and culture of breast cancer. As a health-care journalist, Kate Pickert knew the emotional highs and lows of medical treatment well -- but always from a distance, through the stories of her subjects. That is, until she was unexpectedly diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer at the age of 35. As she underwent more than a year of treatment, Pickert realized that the popular understanding of breast care in America bears little resemblance to the experiences of today's patients and the rapidly changing science designed to save their lives. After using her journalistic skills to navigate her own care, Pickert embarked on a quest to understand the cultural, scientific and historical forces shaping the lives of breast-cancer patients in the modern age. Breast cancer is one of history's most prolific killers. Despite billions spent on research and treatments, it remains one of the deadliest diseases facing women today. From the forests of the Pacific Northwest to an operating suite in Los Angeles to the epicenter of pink-ribbon advocacy in Dallas, Pickert reports on the turning points and people responsible for the progress that has been made against breast cancer and documents the challenges of defeating a disease that strikes one in eight American women and has helped shape the country's medical culture. Drawing on interviews with doctors, economists, researchers, advocates and patients, as well as on journal entries and recordings collected over the author's treatment, Radical puts the story of breast cancer into context, and shows how modern treatments represent a long overdue shift in the way doctors approach cancer -- and disease -- itself.