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An historical review of criminal abortion
D J Williams1, A J Pritchard, A J Ansford
1John Tonge Centre, GPO Box 594, Archerfield, Queensland 4108, Brisbane, Australia.
Forensic Science International
|September 9, 2000
Abstract:
Criminal abortion is rarely seen in modern Australia. This historical review examine cases seen in Brisbane during the period 1939 and 1947. Instrumentation or introduction of fluid into the uterus were the common causes of fatalities in this pre-penicillin era.