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  • Where is Joseph-Ignace Guillotin when you need him.

    ‘Open For Questions’ Has Some Answers - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

  • Dr. Guillotin suggested a nearby indoor tennis court, which the throng commandeered.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • Dr. Guillotin suggested a nearby indoor tennis court, which the throng commandeered.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • Cependant, en raison d'un discours prononcé par le docteur Guillotin, le nom de ce dernier fut associé à cette machine.

    Archive 2010-05-01 Rene Meertens 2010

  • Le mot guillotine a été formé à partir du nom du médecin français Joseph-Ignace Guillotin 1738-1814.

    Archive 2010-05-01 Rene Meertens 2010

  • Après le décès de Guillotin en 1814, ses enfants essayèrent en vain d'obtenir une modification du nom de l'appareil.

    Archive 2010-05-01 Rene Meertens 2010

  • If Frederic's father ever got back into King Charles's good graces, Frederic would see to it that La Fayette was the first aristocrat to feel the Guillotin knife.

    He Don't Know Him 2010

  • Guillotin, who proposed the method of execution to the Constituent Assembly on

    Annotations 2007

  • Find out what future victim may have helped Guillotin design his killing machine.

    So Thoughtful of You 2009

  • Find out what future victim may have helped Guillotin help design his killing machine.

    You’re Too Kind 2008

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