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LEADER: 02251cam a2200385 a 4500
001 2007008519
003 DLC
005 20080310121505.0
008 070301s2008 mau b 001 0deng
010 $a 2007008519
020 $a9780618551064 (alk. paper)
020 $a0618551069 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $ae-it---
050 00 $aKKH41.B65$bK47 2008
082 00 $a344.45/4104121$222
100 1 $aKertzer, David I.,$d1948-
245 10 $aAmalia's tale :$ban impoverished peasant woman, an ambitious attorney, and a fight for justice /$cDavid I. Kertzer.
246 0 $iSubtitle on jacket:$aA poor peasant, an ambitious attorney, and a fight for justice
260 $aBoston :$bHoughton Mifflin Company,$c2008.
300 $axii, 237 p. ;$c21 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 204-227) and index.
505 0 $aAn 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.
600 10 $aBagnacavalli, Amalia$vTrials, litigation, etc.$xHistory.
651 0 $aBologna (Italy)$vTrials, litigation, etc.$xHistory.
650 0 $aTrials (Malpractice)$zItaly$zBologna$xHistory.
600 10 $aBarbieri, Augusto.
650 0 $aMedical personnel$xMalpractice$zItaly$zBologna$xHistory.
650 0 $aMedical laws and legislation$zItaly$xCriminal provisions.
650 0 $aNegligence, Criminal$zItaly.
650 0 $aLawyers$zItaly$zBologna$xHistory.
650 0 $aSyphilis.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0712/2007008519.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0728/2007008519-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0736/2007008519-b.html