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This book exists with an alternate title "The Surgeon of Crowthornne" (which is my personal preference). The book focuses primarily on the story of Dr W. D. Minor, who,was resident in Broadmoor Asylum for the Criminally Insane.
Minor was an important volunteer working to help create the great "Oxford English Dictionary" under the editorship of James Murray. Each chapter begins with a thematically relevant quotation from that work and as the story unfolds, one becomes aware of the impressive amoun ...more
Minor was an important volunteer working to help create the great "Oxford English Dictionary" under the editorship of James Murray. Each chapter begins with a thematically relevant quotation from that work and as the story unfolds, one becomes aware of the impressive amoun ...more
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