Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. PROLOGUE The Travail of General Grant 1
6. 1 Cancerphobia in the Late Nineteenth Century 12
7. 2 The Rise of the Doctors 36
8. 3 The Alliance against Cancer 56
9. 4 The Wilderness Years 88
10. 5 Government Joins the Fight 114
11. 6 Hymns to Science and Prayers to God 137
12. 7 The Research Explosion 171
13. 8 Smoking and Cancer 201
14. 9 Popular Fears, Official Dreams 231
15. 10 The Alliance under Siege 255
16. 11 More Promises, More Fears 295
17. Bibliographic Note 313
18. Notes 323
19. Index 375