La femme enceinte devrait-elle etre mise en jugement? Precautions a prendre envers une femme enceinte accusee. These presentee et publiquement soutenue a la Faculte de Medecine de Montpellier, le 17 mai 1830...

Montpellier: Chez Jean Martel aine, seul Imprimeur de la Faculte de Medecine, 1830. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 10 x 8; pp. [1], 4-11, [1]; removed; laid paper; illustrated with a woodcut at the beginning of the text; a few minor spots of foxing; several faint, penciled-in notes and underlining to text; in very good condition.The thesis, presented to obtain the author's Doctor of Medicine degree, vehemently defended the idea that pregnant women should not be put to trial and, in case one did find herself in front of a judge, the precautions, which should be taken. Ambitious and eloquently-written, one of his stronger arguments was that, although the law stated a pregnant woman sentenced to death "would not be executed, until after giving birth," the mere thought of it, as the time progressed, would cause her increasing terror and, possibly, contractions, which would prove fatal to the fetus. OCLC lists one copy at The British Library; none in the trade (as of January 2021).