The Fight Against Cancer

The Fight Against Cancer: France 1890-1940

by Pinell, Patrice

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Between the two World Wars an illness that mainly affects adults over fifty years old became so prominent that it superseded both tuberculosis and syphilis in importance. As Patrice Pinell shows, the effect of cancer in France before World War Two reached far beyond the question of its mortality rates. Pinell's socio-historical approach to the early developments in the fight against cancer describes how scientific, therapeutic, philanthropic, ethical, social, economics and political interest co…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The Fight Against Cancer : France 1890-1940.

Summary

Between the two World Wars an illness that mainly affects adults over fifty years old became so prominent that it superseded both tuberculosis and syphilis in importance. As Patrice Pinell shows, the effect of cancer in France before World War Two reached far beyond the question of its mortality rates. Pinell's socio-historical approach to the early developments in the fight against cancer describes how scientific, therapeutic, philanthropic, ethical, social, economics and political interest combined to transform medicine.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2004
  • Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
  • Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2004

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (262 pages).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780203219652, 0203219651
  • oclc:on1048363519
  • LC Classification:RC279.F8 ǂb P5613 2002eb
  • Dewey Decimal:616.99/4/0944

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Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents.

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Subjects

Cancer Cancer -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. -- Fr… Cancer -- History -- 20th century. -- F… France History

Writers

Pinell, Patrice

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