‘Dr. Tumblety, the Indian Herb Doctor’: Politics, Professionalism and Abortion in Mid-Nineteenth Century Montreal
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‘Dr. Tumblety, the Indian Herb Doctor’: Politics, Professionalism and Abortion in Mid-Nineteenth Century Montreal
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Abstract |
Focusing on the 1857 arrest in Montreal of Francis Tumblety, the "Indian herb doctor" and the "prince of quacks", on the charge of attempting to procure an abortion for a Montreal prostitute, the author examines the institutional and political changes in the mid-nineteenth century that led to medical hegemony. The arrest and charges against Tumblety elicited considerable discussion in the English-language newspapers of Montreal.
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Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin canadien d’histoire de la médecine
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Vol. 10
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no. 1
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49-66
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1993
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en
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McCulloch, Michael. “‘Dr. Tumblety, the Indian Herb Doctor’: Politics, Professionalism and Abortion in Mid-Nineteenth Century Montreal.” Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin canadien d’histoire de la médecine Vol. 10, no. 1 (1993): 49–66. http://www.cbmh.ca/index.php/cbmh/article/view/283.
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