History of Science 2220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Radical Mastectomy, Stomach Cancer, Appendicitis
28 Dec 2018
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Closer examinations of the influence of gender on breast cancer therapy. Surgeons carried out super-radical operations for numerous types of cancers. Removing any organs, limbs believed to contain cancer. Devised super radical mastectomy, which entailed the splitting of a patients clavicle, ribs and breast bone in pursuit of cancer cells. Operation for cancer of the breast is outmoded; it is not radical enough; it is an incomplete operation for cancer. The scalpel triumphant radical surgery in the 1950s by barron lerner. War revealed the cultural and professional forces that promoted early detection of cancer. Wwi surgeons gained experience using blood transfusions to treat shock. Wwii a lot of prominent american surgeons served in the armed forces. Future leaders in breast surgery served as well. These surgeons rarely performed cancer operations during the war but they gained experience treating conditions ranging from appendicitis and amputations to removal of bullets and shell fragments.
