Title: Prince of quacks
Description: "This biography of nineteenth century doctor Francis Tumblety. The doctor's exploits include arrests for complicity in the Lincoln assassination, for selling abortion drugs, for killing patients, and for indecent assault, and scrutiny as a possible suspect in the "Jack the Ripper" murders. Tumblety's sheen of respectability appeared crafted to cover his homosexuality and his provocative fields of practice"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Criminals, Irish Americans, Assassination, Biography, Quacks and quackery, Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, assassination, Jack, the ripper, Criminals, biography, Irish americans, Criminals, united states, Quackery, History, Emigrants and Immigrants, History, 19th Century
Places: United States
People: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Jack the Ripper, Francis Tumblety (1830-1903)