Some Famous Medical Trials |
Contents
THE MURDER OF SIR THOMAS OVERBURY | 1 |
A QUEENS PHYSICIAN CHARGED WITH TREASON | 17 |
DR CROSS HIS WIFE AND HIS GOVERNESS | 31 |
TWO MEDICAL FORGERS | 36 |
COLLINS THE ABORTIONIST | 40 |
A MEDICAL FIREBRAND | 54 |
THE TRIAL OF DR PRITCHARD | 64 |
A NINETEENTH CENTURY FASHIONABLE QUACK | 70 |
THE MURDER OF MDONALD BY DR SMITH OF ABERDEENSHIRE | 164 |
DR CRIPPENS TRIAL | 170 |
A MEDICAL LIBEL | 186 |
DR SMETHURSTS LUCKY ESCAPE | 193 |
THE TRIAL OF CHARLES BATEMAN SURGEON OF LONDON AT THE OLD BAILEY FOR HIGH TREASON 1685 | 208 |
THE BRIGHTON MURDER | 216 |
MISCELLANEOUS CASES | 223 |
THE CASE OF DR JOSEPH COLLIER | 229 |
LEVI WEIL THIEF AND MURDERER | 77 |
THE TRIAL OF FLORENCE HENSEY MD FOR HIGH TREASON AT WESTMINSTER HALL JUNE 1758 | 80 |
DR LAMSON | 88 |
DR HUNTER AND THE PALL MALL GAZETTE | 104 |
DR SPREULL AND THE TORTURE | 110 |
THE FIRST CASE OF MURDER BY MORPHIA | 122 |
THE MURDER OF DOCTOR BY DOCTOR | 131 |
THE CASE OF DR EDWARD SHERIDAN | 135 |
DR NEIL CREAM WHOLESALE POISONER | 147 |
PALMER THE POISONER | 235 |
THE RESURRECTION MEN | 259 |
DR BASTWICK AND THE STAR CHAMBER | 277 |
THE CASE OF DR ARCHIBALD CAMERON | 280 |
COURTMARTIAL ON A NAVAL SURGEON | 293 |
THE CASE OF HENRY HARRISON | 299 |
THE PROSECUTION OF DR HADWEN | 310 |
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