Antedating of "Abortionist"

[Fred Shapiro]

abortionist (OED 1872)

1844 _Boston Medical & Surgical Jrnl._ 15 May 302 (American Periodical
Series)  Those, only, who are connected with the profession of medicine,
are aware of the vast amount of wickedness perpetrated in cities by a
class of men and women, familiarly known as _abortionists_.

Fred Shapiro


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