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Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Founders of British obstetrics 'were callous murderers'

"Smellie and Hunter were responsible for a series of 18th-century 'burking' murders of pregnant women, with a death total greater than the combined murders committed by Burke and Hare and Jack the Ripper," writes Don Shelton, a historian.

Thanks, Scott!
Prof. Hex at 1:19 AM
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