A prescription for murder : the Victorian serial killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream /

A prescription for murder : the Victorian serial killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	McLaren, Angus.
Edition:	Pbk. ed.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995, c1993.
Description:	xv, 217 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society
Subject:	Cream, Thomas Neill, -- 1850-1892. Cream, Thomas Neill, -- 1850-1892 Serial murders -- England -- London -- Case studies. Prostitutes -- Crimes against -- England -- London -- Case studies. Sex role -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century. Serial murderers -- England -- London -- Biography. Physicians -- England -- London -- Biography. Physicians. Prostitutes -- Crimes against. Serial murderers. Serial murders. Sex role. England -- London. Biography. Case studies. History.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5821206

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ISBN:	0226560686 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-209) and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Dramatis Personae
Introduction
Pt. 1. The Crimes
1. The Time and Place
2. The Murders
3. The Police
4. The Suspect
5. The Trial
Pt. 2. The Context
6. Prostitution
7. Abortion
8. Blackmail
9. Doctors
10. Detectives
11. Degenerates
12. Women
Conclusion
Afterword
Notes
Select
Bibliography
Index