The Problem of Cancer Or the Philosophy of Malignancy Classic Reprint
Language: English
Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
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- Title
- The Problem of Cancer Or the Philosophy of Malignancy Classic Reprint
- Author
- Eugene Coleman Savidge
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- PAP
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1330572610
- ISBN 13
- 9781330572610
- Item weight
- 236 grams
A provocative look at cancer's causes and treatment, weaving surgical insight with evolving ideas in physiology. It surveys how early researchers linked glands, poisons, and cellular changes to malignant growth.
Early chapters frame cancer as a problem under study, not just a fate to fear. The text blends practical notes on prompt surgery with broader questions about why cancer starts, progresses, and sometimes responds to treatment. It presents a historical view of medical thinking from the early 1900s and traces attempts to connect physiology, chemistry, and isomeric forms to cancer behavior.
- Discover how surgeons weighed the timing of operations against the idea of chronic irritants and precancerous conditions.
- Explore the proposed roles of internal secretions, blood pressure, and gland activity in cancer development.
- Learn about early theories on energy, rays, and cellular differences as they relate to malignancy.
- See how scholars tied nutrition, intoxication, and environmental factors to cancer pathways.
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