The global proliferation of radical gynaecological surgeries: A history of the present

Alison Downham Moore; Fouzieyha Towghi; Holly Rose Ashford; Tinashe Dune; Rashmi Pithavadian

doi:10.1080/02757206.2021.1987232

The global proliferation of radical gynaecological surgeries: A history of the present

Alison Downham Moore^*, Fouzieyha Towghi, Holly Rose Ashford, Tinashe Dune, Rashmi Pithavadian

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This paper asks questions about the resilience of radical gynaecological surgeries, such as hysterectomy and ovariectomy, from the moment of their widespread use in Western European and American practices of the late nineteenth century, to their renewed increase in the Indian subcontinent and Africa into our own time.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	673-697
Number of pages	25
Journal	History and Anthropology
Volume	34
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02757206.2021.1987232
Publication status	Published - 2023

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