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  • Record Number: 28343
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  • Contributor(s): Faith Wallis, translator
  • Title: Jewish Doctors: The Case of Provence: A Jewish Doctor is Accused of Abortion and Malpractice [Court record of the case against Isaac, a surgeon, accused of giving a Christian woman an abortifacient. Includes Isaac’s defense with testimony from several witnesses. The defendant was found guilty and had to pay a fine of fifty pounds. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
  • Source: Medieval Medicine: A Reader.  Edited by Faith WallisReadings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures, 15.  University of Toronto Press, 2010.  Pages 381 - 383.
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  • Article Type: Translation
  • Subject (See Also): Abortion Jews Medicine Trials
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  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 13
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  • Year of Publication: 2010.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9781442601697 (hbk); 9781442601031 (pbk)