Social history. Social history, often called the new social history, is a field of history that looks at the lived experience of the past. In its golden age it was a major growth field in the 1960s and 1970s among scholars, and still is well represented in history departments in Britain, Canada, France, Germany, and the United States. In the two decades from 1975 to 1995, the proportion of professors of history in American universities identifying with social history rose from 31% to 41%, while the proportion
This procedure is mainly used to relieve any discomfort or pain caused by symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma. Symptoms of Peritoneal Mesothelioma Peritoneal mesothelioma symptoms are caused by the buildup of fluid in the abdominal cavity (ascites) and the thickening of the lining of the abdomen (peritoneal thickening). The more advanced a patientâs mesothelioma is, the more pressure ascites and peritoneal thickening put on the internal organs in the abdominal cavity.
What is the cause of this patient's severe, painful ascites? Painful, severe ascites can be due to peritoneal diseases such as malignancy or tuberculosis. In such cases, however, the peritoneal fluid usually shows cells suggesting inflammation or malignancy. This patient's ascitic fluid had very few cells.