The abortionist of Howard Street : medicine and crime in nineteenth-century New York / R. E. Fulton.

Author
Fulton, R. E., 1992- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Ithaca, New York : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024.
  • ©2024
Description
xviii, 253 pages ; 24 cm

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    "A microhistory of abortion in nineteenth-century United States, which tells the story of Josephine McCarty, an abortionist and female physician tried for murder in upstate New York in 1872"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Mother and daughter
    • A cigar girl and a wicked woman
    • "Bent on making quick money"
    • "A woman's remedy"
    • "I went there to perfect myself"
    • The blockade runner
    • Mrs. Burleigh, M.D.
    • The Campbell inquest
    • The privilege of murder
    • Mrs. McCarty takes the stand
    • The unwritten law
    • The smoking pistol
    • The representative bad woman.
    ISBN
    • 9781501774829 (hardcover)
    • 1501774824 (hardcover)
    LCCN
    2023045718
    OCLC
    1410456635
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