Conduct unbecoming a woman : medicine on trial in turn-of-the-century Brooklyn /
Morantz-Sanchez, Regina Markell.
Conduct unbecoming a woman : medicine on trial in turn-of-the-century Brooklyn / Regina Morantz-Sanchez. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999. - 1 online resource (304 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Saving the City from Corruption: The Eagle Launches a Campaign, A City Comes of Age Becoming a Surgeon Gynecology Becomes a Specialty Gynecology Constructs the Female Body and a Woman Doctor Responds "The Lured, the Illiterate, the Credulous and the Self-Defenseless": Mary Dixon Jones and Her Patients Prologue: Gynecology on Trial for Manslaughter Spectacle in Brooklyn Meanings 1 11 -- 2 35 -- 3 61 -- 4 88 -- 5 116 -- 6 138 -- 7 156 -- 8 165 -- 9 195.
In 1889, a Brooklyn newspaper, the "Daily Eagle", told a story of midnight hearses and botched operations performed by a scalpel-eager surgeon named Mary Dixon-Jones. The public outrage gave rise to two trials - one for manslaughter and one for libel - that became a late 19th-century sensation.
1423746414 (electronic bk.) 9781423746416 (electronic bk.) 9780199729029 0199729026 1280655186 9781280655180
Jones, Mary Dixon--Trials, litigation, etc.
Dixon Jones, Mary Amanda--Trials, litigation, etc.
Dixon Jones, Mary Amanda.
Dixon Jones, Mary Amanda.
Dixon Jones, Mary Amanda 1828-1908
Dixon Jones, Mary Amanda.
Brooklyn daily eagle--Trials, litigation, etc.
Brooklyn daily eagle.
The Brooklyn daily eagle
Brooklyn daily eagle.
1800-1899
Gynecology--History--United States--19th century.
Gynecology--Law and legislation--History--United States--19th century.
Gynecologists--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--New York (State)--19th century.
Women surgeons--United States--Biography.
Gynecologists--Malpractice--United States.
Gynecology--Social aspects--United States.
Gynecology--history
Gynecology--legislation & jurisprudence
History, 19th Century
Gynécologie--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siècle.
Chirurgiennes--États-Unis--Biographies.
Gynécologues--Responsabilité professionnelle--États-Unis.
Médecine--Histoire--19e siècle.
MEDICAL--Reproductive Medicine & Technology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Medical.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Women's Health.
Women surgeons.
Gynecology--Social aspects.
Gynecology--Law and legislation.
Gynecology.
Gynecologists--Malpractice.
Gynecologists--Legal status, laws, etc.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
United States.
New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn.
New York (State)
Electronic books.
Trials, litigation, etc.
History.
Biographies.
RG67.U6 / M67 2000eb
618.1/00973/09034
WP 11 AA1 / M829c 1999
Conduct unbecoming a woman : medicine on trial in turn-of-the-century Brooklyn / Regina Morantz-Sanchez. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999. - 1 online resource (304 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Saving the City from Corruption: The Eagle Launches a Campaign, A City Comes of Age Becoming a Surgeon Gynecology Becomes a Specialty Gynecology Constructs the Female Body and a Woman Doctor Responds "The Lured, the Illiterate, the Credulous and the Self-Defenseless": Mary Dixon Jones and Her Patients Prologue: Gynecology on Trial for Manslaughter Spectacle in Brooklyn Meanings 1 11 -- 2 35 -- 3 61 -- 4 88 -- 5 116 -- 6 138 -- 7 156 -- 8 165 -- 9 195.
In 1889, a Brooklyn newspaper, the "Daily Eagle", told a story of midnight hearses and botched operations performed by a scalpel-eager surgeon named Mary Dixon-Jones. The public outrage gave rise to two trials - one for manslaughter and one for libel - that became a late 19th-century sensation.
1423746414 (electronic bk.) 9781423746416 (electronic bk.) 9780199729029 0199729026 1280655186 9781280655180
Jones, Mary Dixon--Trials, litigation, etc.
Dixon Jones, Mary Amanda--Trials, litigation, etc.
Dixon Jones, Mary Amanda.
Dixon Jones, Mary Amanda.
Dixon Jones, Mary Amanda 1828-1908
Dixon Jones, Mary Amanda.
Brooklyn daily eagle--Trials, litigation, etc.
Brooklyn daily eagle.
The Brooklyn daily eagle
Brooklyn daily eagle.
1800-1899
Gynecology--History--United States--19th century.
Gynecology--Law and legislation--History--United States--19th century.
Gynecologists--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--New York (State)--19th century.
Women surgeons--United States--Biography.
Gynecologists--Malpractice--United States.
Gynecology--Social aspects--United States.
Gynecology--history
Gynecology--legislation & jurisprudence
History, 19th Century
Gynécologie--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siècle.
Chirurgiennes--États-Unis--Biographies.
Gynécologues--Responsabilité professionnelle--États-Unis.
Médecine--Histoire--19e siècle.
MEDICAL--Reproductive Medicine & Technology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Medical.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Women's Health.
Women surgeons.
Gynecology--Social aspects.
Gynecology--Law and legislation.
Gynecology.
Gynecologists--Malpractice.
Gynecologists--Legal status, laws, etc.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
United States.
New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn.
New York (State)
Electronic books.
Trials, litigation, etc.
History.
Biographies.
RG67.U6 / M67 2000eb
618.1/00973/09034
WP 11 AA1 / M829c 1999