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William Acton

British medical doctor and writer (1813–1875)

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    Prostitution : considered in its moral, social, and sanitary aspects, in London and other large cities and garrison towns : with proposals for the control and prevention of its attendant evils / by William Acton.

    William Acton | Date: 1870
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    Proposal to form a London female sanitary society, and savings' bank / by William Acton.

    William Acton | Date: [1857]
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    The functions and disorders of the reproductive organs in childhood, youth, adult age, and advanced life : considered in their physiological, social, and moral relations / by William Acton.

    William Acton | Date: [1865]
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    The functions and disorders of the reproductive organs in childhood, youth, adult age, and advanced life : considered in theirphysiological,scoial and moral erelations / by William Acton.

    William Acton | Date: 1867
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    The functions and disorders of the reproductive organs in childhood, youth, adult age, and advanced life : considered in their physiological, social, and moral relations / by William Acton.

    | Date: 1875
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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Related topics

Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sex Work
Prostitution
Urogenital Diseases
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