The medical murderer

Type

Book

Authors

Furneaux, Rupert

Tags

Murderers, Physicians, Murder, Homicide, Doctors, Case studies, United Kingdom Famous Trials, Famous Trials, Nurses

Abstract

"When a doctor turns to crime he should make the greatest of criminals, said Sherlock Holmes. But then criminal doctor, a sinister figure with an ingratiating bedside manner and a pocket full of poisons, is a "type" that does not exist outside the pages of fiction. Except in a few isolated cases the murdering doctor is the most prosaic of individuals. He is different from the ordinary murderer only in that he knows, or should know, how to do it successfully." - Chapter 1

Description

Contents:
The trusted hand
Secret death
Doctors in frock-coats and top-hats
Dr. Palmer - Rugeley
Dr. Smethurst - London
Dr. Lamson - London
Dr. Neil Cream - Chicago and London
Unwanted wives
Dr. Pritchard - Glasgow
Dr. Alfred Warder - Brighton
Dr. Milton Bowers - San Francisco
Dr. Cross - Ireland
Disposing of the bodies
Professor Webster - Harvard
Dr. Crippen - London
Dr. Dreher - Louisiana
Dr. Ruxton - Lancaster
Murderers on the continent
Dr. Castaing - Paris
Dr. de la Pommerais - Paris
Dr. Eustachy - France
Dr. Panchenko - St. Petersburg
Dr. Bougrat - Marseilles
Dr. Buckanan - New York
Dr. Clarke Hype - Kansas City
Angels of murder
Nurse Gilligan - Connecticut
Nurse Waddingham - Sherwood
Dr. Pettiot - Paris
Dr. Clements - Southport
Dr. Sam Sheppard - Ohio

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