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The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America's Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign To Make Abortion a Crime
By Syrett, Nicholas L.
- ISBN
- 9781666649581
- Publisher
- Dreamscape Media
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Reviewed on March 1, 2024 | Audio In Depth
Syrett's (women, gender, and sexuality studies, Univ. of Kansas; An Open Secret) latest traces the life of Ann Trow Summers Lohman (1812–78), a prominent 19th-century health care practitioner known as Madame Restell. Lohman provided a full range of medical services, helping women who were trying to become pregnant, as well as those who wanted to avoid or end a pregnancy. When Lohman first began her practice, gestational health care was ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
