RESUMO
In this paper we present the first evidence of a mastectomy for breast cancer in America, performed in Aguascalientes, Mexico, in the eighteenth century. This intervention was recorded in an anonymous ex-voto in which Mrs. Josefa Peres Maldonado thanks the Black Christ of Encino and the Immaculate Conception or Virgin of the village for the good results obtained. The French physician and surgeon Peter Maille performed the operation with the help of friars of the convent-hospital San Juan de Dios. We review the history of the surgical treatment of breast cancer, the pictorial structure of the document, the surgical technique proposed by the Royal College of Surgeons (New Spain) at the time, and the association between this event and its time as an example of the impact that the Age of Enlightenment had in New Spain.
Assuntos
Neoplasias da Mama/cirurgia , Mastectomia/história , Adulto , Neoplasias da Mama/história , Feminino , História do Século XVIII , Humanos , MéxicoRESUMO
An ex-voto (from the Latin for 'from the vow') is an image made to express the patron's gratitude for divine assistance in the face of personal difficulty. Here, we describe a late 18th century Mexican painting that shows Doña Josefa Peres Maldonado undergoing a mastectomy, and, as an ex-voto, expresses her thanks for divine aid in having survived the operation. As such, the painting manifests Doña Josefa's response to her disease, drawing on both medical and religious sources of support. This brief report analyses the unusual double dedication of the ex-voto, the elaborate home altar it depicts and the surgical technique it demonstrates.
Assuntos
Neoplasias da Mama/história , Medicina nas Artes , Pinturas/história , Religião e Medicina , Neoplasias da Mama/cirurgia , Feminino , História do Século XVIII , Humanos , Mastectomia/história , MéxicoAssuntos
Humanos , Feminino , HISTORIA DE LA MEDICINA DEL SIGLO 19RESUMO
Tratamiento sobre el cancer de mama, repercución física y psiquica de la aplicación terapéutica. Escrita por cirujanos Argentinos pioneros en el país sobre todos los aspectos del enfoque conservador. Altamente recomendable por su claridad y basamento científico de los conceptos