Medical detectives : the lives & cases of Britain's forensic five
Odell, Robin2013
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The development of forensic pathology in Britain is told here through the lives of five outstanding medical pioneers. Spanning 70 years, their careers and achievements marked major milestones in the development of legal medicine, their work and innovation laying the foundations for modern crime scene investigations. Sir Bernard Spilsbury, Sir Sydney Smith and Professors John Glaister, Francis Camps and Keith Simpson were the original expert witnesses. Between them, they performed over 200,000 post-mortems during their professional careers, establishing crucial elements of murder investigation such as time, place and cause of death.
Main title:
Author:
Odell, Robin, author
Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : The History Press, 2013.
Collation:
223 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780752464497 (pbk)
Dewey class:
614.1'0922364.125614.109
LC class:
RA1063.4
Local class:
614.109614.1092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1095500