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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...guillotine is not French and was not named for its inventor. (The several-hundred-year-old device was merely advocated by Dr. Joseph Guillotin, who opposed the prevalent methods of torture and execution. After the Terror, Guillotin's family changed its name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Antidote to Factoids | 1/26/1976 | See Source »

...Ignace Guillotin, anxious to ease the condemned's suffering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | 10/8/1973 | See Source »

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