title: Mastectomy without anesthesia: the cases of Abigail Adams Smith and Fanny Burney.
authors.affiliation: University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85718-5960, USA. hellem25@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Helle
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mathiasen
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000266:history; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000266:history*; D010297:Paris