The Clandestine Operations Performed on President Grover Cleveland and the Rationale for Surgical Secrecy.
Am Surg
; 84(9): 1484-1488, 2018 Sep 01.
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| ID: mdl-30268181
ABSTRACT
The 1893 operations to remove a maxillofacial tumor from President Grover Cleveland aboard a private yacht remained a secret until long after his unrelated death from heart disease. Many historical studies have suggested that Cleveland kept his health and surgical care confidential because of the fragility of the economy during the Panic of 1893. Although that observation is true, it does not fully address the underlying reason for why the public would react poorly to news about an operation on the president. The death of Ulysses S. Grant eight years prior unearthed the denial, stigma, and fear of cancer felt by many Americans. Despite revolutionary 19th century advances in anesthesia, pathology, and surgery, the social history of "cancerphobia" ran deep.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Maxillary Neoplasms
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Confidentiality
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Oral Surgical Procedures
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Famous Persons
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Am Surg
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article