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Wednesday, November 13, 2024
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Tabula Support Drop-inFAB3.27The History Office are running a Tabula support drop-in session on Wednesday 13th November 12-1pm in FAB3.27. Bring us your Tabula quirks and queries and we’ll do our best to help! Please make sure you bring your laptop and specific examples of issues. |
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CHM Research Seminar: Jolien Gijbels (Free University, Brussels), Surgical consent: negotiating gynaecological operations in the John Hopkins Hospital, ca. 1890-1910Faculty of Arts, FAB 3.26Please sign-up here if you would like to join us. Lunch will be provided for those attending in person. Surgical consent: negotiating gynaecological operations in the John Hopkins Hospital, ca. 1890-1910 Abstract The end of the nineteenth century witnessed the global rise of gynecology as a surgical discipline. Gynecologists gained confidence in the therapeutical benefits of abdominal surgery and often succeeded in winning the trust of their patients. As a result, a growing number of patients consented to surgery, even though the risks of death and lasting complications remained high. This paper examines the consent of women who underwent major operations in the Johns Hopkins Hospital around 1900. How can we understand their agency in a context where negotiations between doctors and patients were characterized by paternalism and power imbalances?
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History Research seminarPS1.28 Physical SciencesSpeakers: Federico Nanni and Rosamund Powell, The Alan Turing Institute |