The cancer problem : malignancy in nineteenth-century Britain / Agnes Arnold-Forster.

The cancer problem: Malignancy in Nineteenth Century Britain argues that it was in that nineteenth century that cancer acquired the unique emotional, symbolic, and politicalised status it maintains today. Trough an interrogation of the construction, deployment, and emotional consequences of the disease’s incurability, this book reframes our conceptualization of the relationship between medicine and modern life and reshapes our understanding of chronic and incurable maladies, both past and present.