Bibliograph

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

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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

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A poor peasant, an ambitious attorney, and a fight for justice

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