Antedating of "Abortionist"

[Fred Shapiro]

abortionist (OED 1872)

1861 _Lancet_ 23 Mar. 295  The trade of the abortionist ... has become a
regularly established, money-making business, carried on by both sexes.

Fred Shapiro


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