The Mad-Doctors of CalnePeter CarpenterLabel: Clinical Press LtdDescription: The historical account of true crime by psychiatrist and medical historian Dr Peter Carpenter.“I heard the scuffle on the landing. I jumped out of bed opened the door and in she rushed exclaiming “Master he has murdered me! I shall die! I shall die! I closed the door and bolted it… It’s 1859 and the murderer was previously a kind gentle surgeon who was seen as one of the pillars of society – one time Mayor of Calne magistrate and operator of the Calne Lunatic Asylum.All the details and analysis of the murderer and his family.
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