Amalia's tale
Subtitle: an impoverished peasant woman, an ambitious attorney, and a fight for justice
By: David I. Kertzer.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780618551064
Subjects: Bagnacavalli, Amalia -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- History; Barbieri, Augusto; Trials (Malpractice) -- Italy -- Bologna -- History; Medical personnel -- Malpractice -- Italy -- Bologna -- History; Medical laws and legislation -- Italy -- Criminal provisions; Negligence, Criminal -- Italy; Lawyers -- Italy -- Bologna -- History; Syphilis; Bologna (Italy) -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- History
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An unexpected visitor; title: The fateful day; title: The first signs; title: Suing the count; title: The mercury treatment; title: The trial begins; title: Disputing the doctor; title: The parade of the syphilitic peasants; title: The psychiatrist's attack; title: The miserly syphilologist; title: A new champion; title: Conflicting opinions; title: The tribunal decides; title: Amalia's appeal; title: The loan; title: The counteroffensive; title: Mixed news from the supreme court; title: A split decision; title: A staggering sum; title: Amalia's lawyer submits his bill; title: Lives lost and lives saved; title: Aristocrats, lawyers, doctors, and peasants : Amalia looks back.