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Morantz-Sanchez Regina Markell |
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Titolo |
Conduct unbecoming a woman : medicine on trial in turn-of-the-century Brooklyn / / Regina Morantz-Sanchez |
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Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1999 |
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©1999 |
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ISBN |
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9786610655182 |
1-280-65518-6 |
1-4237-4641-4 |
1-60256-749-2 |
0-19-972902-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (304p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Gynecology - Law and legislation - United States - History - 19th century |
Women surgeons - United States |
Gynecologists - Legal status, laws, etc - New York (State) - History - 19th century |
Gynecology - United States - History - 19th century |
Gynecologists - Malpractice - United States |
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Regina Morantz-Sanchez recreates two trials in which Dr Mary Dixon Jones is accused of manslaughter and libel due to two botched operations. The result is a historical whodunnit, with readers invited to sift through evidence and evaluate witnesses. |
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