Constructions of Cancer in Early Modern England : Ravenous Natures.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan UK,
2015.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine Series
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Half-Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Referencing Conventions
- Introduction
- 1 What Was Cancer? Definition,Diagnosis and Cause
- 2 Cancer and the Gendered Body
- 3 'It Is, Say Some, of a Ravenous Nature':Zoomorphic Images of Cancer
- 4 Cancerous Growth andMalignancy
- 5 Wolves' Tongues and Mercury: Pharmaceutical Cures for Cancer
- 6 'Cannot You Use a Loving Violence?': Cancer Surgery
- Conclusion: 'Death Is Only Their Desire'
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.