Dr. Sally Frampton

Biography

Sally Frampton is a historian specializing in the history of health, medicine, and illness from 1750 to the present. Her research focuses on the development of medical journalism and the history of surgical practices, particularly in relation to the changing social and cultural contexts and their ethical implications. As a Humanities Healthcare Fellow at the University of Oxford, she works to foster interdisciplinary collaboration within the Humanities and Medical Sciences Divisions. Her long-standing interest in the history of surgery has led to significant publications, including an open access monograph published in 2018 that investigates the history of ovariotomy, a highly controversial surgical operation popularized in the nineteenth century. This work raised important questions regarding the power dynamics surgeons exert over the human body. Currently, she is developing another monograph that examines the evolution of medical journalism in the nineteenth century.

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