Amalia's tale, an impoverished peasant woman, an ambitious attorney, and a fight for justice, David I. Kertzer
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Amalia's tale, an impoverished peasant woman, an ambitious attorney, and a fight for justice, David I. Kertzer
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-227) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Amalia's tale
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
bibliographydictionaries
Oclc number
773583649
Responsibility statement
David I. Kertzer
Sub title
an impoverished peasant woman, an ambitious attorney, and a fight for justice
Summary
Examines a nineteenth-century court case in which attorney Augusto Barbieri took on the case of Amalia Bagnacavalli, an impoverished peasant woman from Bologna, Italy, who contracted syphilis from the sickly baby she had been forced to wet nurse
Table Of 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
resource.variantTitle
A poor peasant, an ambitious attorney, and a fight for justice
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- Jurisprudence + history -- Italy
- Professional Misconduct + history -- Italy
- Medical personnel + Malpractice -- Italy -- Bologna -- History
- Negligence, Criminal -- Italy
- Lawyers -- Italy -- Bologna -- History
- Barbieri, Augusto
- Medical laws and legislation -- Italy -- Criminal provisions
- Malpractice + history -- Italy
- Bagnacavalli, Amalia
- Trials (Malpractice) -- Italy -- Bologna -- History
- Electronic books
- Professional-Patient Relations -- Italy
- Bologna (Italy) -- Trials, litigation, etc -- History
- Syphilis
- Bagnacavalli, Amalia -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- History
- Lawyers -- Italy
- Syphilis + history -- Italy
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- Jurisprudence + history -- Italy
- Professional Misconduct + history -- Italy
- Medical personnel + Malpractice -- Italy -- Bologna -- History
- Negligence, Criminal -- Italy
- Lawyers -- Italy -- Bologna -- History
- Barbieri, Augusto
- Medical laws and legislation -- Italy -- Criminal provisions
- Malpractice + history -- Italy
- Bagnacavalli, Amalia
- Trials (Malpractice) -- Italy -- Bologna -- History
- Electronic books
- Professional-Patient Relations -- Italy
- Bologna (Italy) -- Trials, litigation, etc -- History
- Syphilis
- Bagnacavalli, Amalia -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- History
- Lawyers -- Italy
- Syphilis + history -- Italy
- Other version1
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