DOCTORS ON TRIAL

Hardback. All 5 men whose cases are recounted in this book were doctors - members of a profession of trust, whose special knowledge and training gave them an extra chance of escaping undetected. All but one of them went to the gallows, sent there, to some extent, by the evidence of members of their own profession. Thus doctors are the principal players in this book; 4 of them were convicted villains whilst a number of others stand out among its heroes. These 5 presentations of classic trials sacrifice no detail in their conciseness. Each point of legal and medical interest is seen in its proper perspective, in the light of an absorbing human drama. Featuring : Dr's Smethurst, Pritchard, Lamson, Crippen and Ruxton. Illus. 192pp. 8vo. h/back. V. lightly browned edges o/w Nr. F. in Vg+ dw. which has sl. sunned dw.