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Reflections of the breast

Title
Reflections of the breast / Francis P. Arena, Tanya Bastianich Manuali.
Author
Arena, Francis P.
Publication
New York : Brick Tower Press, 2010.

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Manuali, Tanya Bastianich.
Description
136 pages : color illustrations; 21 cm
Summary
Uses images from art going back to ancient Egypt to trace what was known about breast cancer through the centuries.
Alternative Title
Breast cancer in art through the centuries
Subject
  • Medicine in the Arts
  • Breast Neoplasms > history
  • Breast > History
  • Cancer in art
  • Medicine and art
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction -- Art of medicine in ancient times -- Saint Agatha and the religious side of breast cancer -- From sexual goddess to puritanical empress -- A royal breast -- A marble monstrosity -- In plain sight -- Cancer and the convent -- Hysteria of the breast -- A new therapy.
ISBN
  • 9781883283766 (pbk.)
  • 1883283760 (pbk.)
LCCN
2010934394
OCLC
  • 600992229
  • SCSB-9574416
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries