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- catalog abstract ""Between the two World Wars an illness that mainly affects adults over fifty years old became so prominent that it superseded both tuberculosis and syphilis in importance."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 the Second World War 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, economic and political interest combined to transform medicine."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Naissance d'un fléau. English".
- catalog contributor b12636544.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""Between the two World Wars an illness that mainly affects adults over fifty years old became so prominent that it superseded both tuberculosis and syphilis in importance."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 the Second World War 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, economic and political interest combined to transform medicine."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. A fatal and incurable disease -- 2. The first successes in treatment -- 3. Academicism and marginality -- 4. War and the birth of the Anti-Cancer League -- 5. The beginnings of a policy for the fight against cancer -- 6. The policy for the fight against cancer: first contradictions, first reorganisations -- 7. The rise of 'big medicine' -- 8. Between science and charity: the question of incurables -- 9. Publicity, education, supervision -- 10. A modern illness.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 243 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0415279232 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "9780203219652 (electronic bk.)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog spatial "France.".
- catalog subject "2002 M-125".
- catalog subject "616.99/4/0944 21".
- catalog subject "Cancer France History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "History, 20th Century France.".
- catalog subject "Medical Oncology France History.".
- catalog subject "Neoplasms prevention & control France.".
- catalog subject "QZ 11 GF7 P651n 2002".
- catalog subject "RC279.F8 P5613 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. A fatal and incurable disease -- 2. The first successes in treatment -- 3. Academicism and marginality -- 4. War and the birth of the Anti-Cancer League -- 5. The beginnings of a policy for the fight against cancer -- 6. The policy for the fight against cancer: first contradictions, first reorganisations -- 7. The rise of 'big medicine' -- 8. Between science and charity: the question of incurables -- 9. Publicity, education, supervision -- 10. A modern illness.".
- catalog title "Naissance d'un fléau. English".
- catalog title "The fight against cancer : France 1890-1940 / Patrice Pinell ; translated from the French by David Maddell.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".