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| Named Person: | Amalia Bagnacavalli; Augusto Barbieri; Amalia Bagnacavalli; Augusto Barbieri |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David I Kertzer |
| ISBN: | 9780618551064 0618551069 |
| OCLC Number: | 85692889 |
| Description: | xii, 237 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | An unexpected visitor -- The fateful day -- The first signs -- Suing the count -- The mercury treatment -- The trial begins -- Disputing the doctor -- The parade of the syphilitic peasants -- The psychiatrist's attack -- The miserly syphilologist -- A new champion -- Conflicting opinions -- The tribunal decides -- Amalia's appeal -- The loan -- The counteroffensive -- Mixed news from the supreme court -- A split decision -- A staggering sum -- Amalia's lawyer submits his bill -- Lives lost and lives saved -- Aristocrats, lawyers, doctors, and peasants : Amalia looks back. |
| Other Titles: | A poor peasant, an ambitious attorney, and a fight for justice |
| Responsibility: | David I. Kertzer. |
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- Barbieri, Augusto.
- Medical personnel -- Malpractice -- Italy -- Bologna -- History.
- Medical laws and legislation -- Italy -- Criminal provisions.
- Negligence, Criminal -- Italy.
- Lawyers -- Italy -- Bologna -- History.
- Syphilis.
- Bagnacavalli, Amalia.
- Barbieri, Augusto.
- Malpractice -- history -- Italy.
- Jurisprudence -- history -- Italy.
- Lawyers -- Italy.
- Professional Misconduct -- history -- Italy.
- Professional-Patient Relations -- Italy.
- Syphilis -- history -- Italy.
