Memoirs and Mistresses: The Amatory Recollections of a Physician

330 pp. An autobiography by American physician and writer Ralcy Husted Bell. From New York Times article, June 2, 1931: BURGLAR GUN TRAP KILLS DR. R.H. BELL; Physician and Writer Is Found Dead in Country Home Near Doylestown, Pa. MADE WAR ON INTRUDERS Victim of His Own Protective System Set Off Weapon by Opening Door. DOYLESTOWN, Pa., June 1.--Dr. Ralcy Husted Bell, retired New York physician, widely known nature writer and patron of the arts, was shot and killed, apparently last Friday morning, by one of an arsenal of shot guns he had rigged up at his home at Sycamore Lodge...