Lessons From History of Breast Surgery

The consensus in the late nineteenth century till the eight decades that followed, was that an extensive and aggressive removal of the breasts in a patient of breast cancer was life-saving. No matter the size of the tumor, the whole breast would be taken out along with the one lying on the opposite side. The scissors and scalpels would go on till the armpit dissecting out each and every lymph node that could potentially harbor a metastatic deposit. Next, the chest muscles would be sliced off and if Halsted happened to have snorted a little extra cocaine, he would go for the neck and the ribs as well. <a href="https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/lessons-from-the-history-of-breast-surgery-a63bd7611db5">Read More</a>