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Dr. J-I Guillotin a) did not invent the guillotine, which was quite an old idea; he merely proposed its use in the National Assembly, and its being named after him was the work of newspaper satirists. J-I was actually opposed to the death penalty, but thought a humane method of execution would be the first step towards abolition. His family in later years petitioned to have the name changed, and when that proved impossible, changed their own name. There WAS a Dr. Guillotin executed during the Terror, but it was a different one. J-I went on to become quite distinguished under the Empire, mostly for his work on introducing vaccination into France. A saver of lives, then, not a taker, and one to whom History owes a big apology.
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