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
Contributors
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
Location Status History of MedicineUK /WILLOpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780393063189
- 0393063186