The Amity-Place Abortion Case

Summary

The Amity-Place Abortion Case is a news article^[1].

Key Facts

• The Amity-Place Abortion Case's image is recorded as Susannah Lattin (1848-1868) in the September 9, 1868 in the New York Tribune (The Amity-Place Abortion Case).png^[2].
• The Amity-Place Abortion Case's instance of is recorded as news article^[3].
• The Amity-Place Abortion Case's language of work or name is recorded as English^[4].
• The Amity-Place Abortion Case's publication date is recorded as +1868-09-09T00:00:00Z^[5].
• The Amity-Place Abortion Case's main subject is recorded as Susannah Lattin^[6].
• The Amity-Place Abortion Case's main subject is recorded as Henry Dyer Grindle^[7].
• The Amity-Place Abortion Case's main subject is recorded as New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene^[8].
• The Amity-Place Abortion Case's main subject is recorded as Thomas Constantine Finnell^[9].
• The Amity-Place Abortion Case's main subject is recorded as Aaron Burr Rollins^[10].
• The Amity-Place Abortion Case's main subject is recorded as George C. Houghton^[11].
• The Amity-Place Abortion Case's document file on Wikimedia Commons is recorded as Susannah Lattin (1848-1868) in the September 9, 1868 in the New York Tribune (The Amity-Place Abortion Case).png^[12].
• The Amity-Place Abortion Case's published in is recorded as New-York Tribune^[13].
• The Amity-Place Abortion Case's title is recorded as The Amity-Place Abortion Case^[14].
• The Amity-Place Abortion Case's copyright status is recorded as public domain^[15].
• The Amity-Place Abortion Case's quotation or excerpt is recorded as The Amity-Place Abortion Case. The investigation into the circumstances attendant on the death of Susannah Lattin, in Dr. H. D. Grindle's Lying in Asylum, at No. 6 Amity-place, was concluded yesterday at the Mercer street. Police Station, by Coroner Rollins. In the course of the investigation, Dr. John C. Harrison of No. 177 Bleeker street, testified that Susannah called on him for medical treatment; she mentioned that she had led a young man to believe that she was enceinte by him, and asked witness not to undeceive him, as he would probably marry her; she mentioned that the young man had given her $50 to have an operation performed; Susannah was accompanied by a woman of the town on this occasion … "We find that Susannah Lattin came to her death by metro-peritonitis, the result of child birth, at the establishment of Dr. Grindle. No. 6 Amity-place. We further censure Dr. Grindle for the irregular manner of conducting its business, relative to taking in women to confine; and also to his method of adopting the children so delivered, we further recommend the Legislature to so enact a law whereby all such establishments shall be under the supervision and control of the Board of Health, or so other recognized authority; we further condemn the practice of any regular medical college recognizing students connected to such establishments."^[16].

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Designation and Status

The Amity-Place Abortion Case's instance of is recorded as news article^[3].