Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine Ser.
Print version: Skuse, Alanna Constructions of Cancer in Early Modern England London : Palgrave Macmillan UK,c2015 ISBN 9781137487520
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.