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At the time, women exerted little control over their own bodies, and male doctors often prescribed invasive surgeries such as ovariectomies and hysterectomies for diagnoses including hysteria.
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Sunaura Taylor, Vox, 7 Aug. 2024
Lisa Jacobson, an equine veterinarian in Colorado, says ovariectomy risks infection, internal bleeding and pain.
—Britta Lokting, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020
Their collaboration further showed a connection between hormones and cancer: mammary tumors decreased in female mice with ovariectomies while the tumors increased in pregnant mice.
—Leila McNeill, Smithsonian, 20 Mar. 2018
Sunaura Taylor, Vox, 7 Aug. 2024
Lisa Jacobson, an equine veterinarian in Colorado, says ovariectomy risks infection, internal bleeding and pain.
—Britta Lokting, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020
Their collaboration further showed a connection between hormones and cancer: mammary tumors decreased in female mice with ovariectomies while the tumors increased in pregnant mice.
—Leila McNeill, Smithsonian, 20 Mar. 2018
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“Ovariectomy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ovariectomy. Accessed 2 Nov. 2024.
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