Breasts : a natural and unnatural history / Florence Williams.

  • Williams, Florence, 1967-
Date:
[2012], ©2012
  • Books

About this work

Description

An engaging narrative about an incredible, life-giving organ and its imperiled modern fate.

Publication/Creation

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2012], ©2012.

Physical description

ix, 338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition

1st ed.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Planet breast -- For whom the bells toll -- Circular beginings -- Plumbing : a primer -- Fill her up -- Toxic assets : the growing breast -- Shampoo, macaroni, and the American girl : spring comes early -- The pregnancy -- What's for dinner? -- Holy crap : Herman, Hamlet, and the all-important human gut -- Sour milk -- An unfamiliar wilderness : periods, the till, and HRT -- The few, the proud, the afflicted : can Marines solve the puzzle of breast cancer? -- Are you dense? The aging breast -- The future of breasts.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    UK /WILL
    Open shelves

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Identifiers

ISBN

  • 9780393063189
  • 0393063186