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The death-mask of Maria Manning, the murderer: three views. Lithograph by John Lane.

Portraits of William Burke (1792-1829) and Helen McDougal (b. c. 1795), on trial in Edinburgh in 1828 for the West Port murders. Coloured etching, c. 1829.

Atlas of legal medicine / von E. von Hofmann ; authorized translation from the German, edited by Frederick Peterson, assisted by Aloysius O.J. Kelly.

Death mask of Martin, a parricide. Lithograph, c. 1835.

Practisches Handbuch der gerichtlichen Medicin : nach eigenen Erfahrungen / von Johann Ludwig Casper.

Illustrations of the effects of poisons : by George Leith Roupell ; the plates from original drawings by Andrew Melville M'Whinnie.

William Burke (centre), Dr Alexander Monro III (top left), William Robertson (top right), Thomas Beveridge (lower left), Dr Robert Knox (lower right) Silhouettes, c. 1830.

Two executors overcharge a heir, taking advantage of their distress. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.

Doctors investigate a fake suicide. Colour process print by Bertin after J-A. Faivre, c. 1900.

A forensic surgeon wonders where to begin with a headless corpse. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

Forensic medicine.

La storia della medicina legale : ricerche e problemi atti della giornata di studio (Reggio Emilia, 21 maggio 1983) / a cura di Cosimo Damiano Fonseca.

Per una storia dell'insegnamento della medicina legale nell'Università di Siena / a cura di Francesca Vannozzi.

A manual of legal medicine : for the use of practitioners and students of medicine and law / by Justin Herold.

ude mico-lale sur l'infanticide / par Ambroise Tardieu ... ; avec trois planches coloris.

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Forensic Medicine

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Images referencing Forensic Medicine

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Forensic medicine.

La storia della medicina legale : ricerche e problemi atti della giornata di studio (Reggio Emilia, 21 maggio 1983) / a cura di Cosimo Damiano Fonseca.

Per una storia dell'insegnamento della medicina legale nell'Università di Siena / a cura di Francesca Vannozzi.

A manual of legal medicine : for the use of practitioners and students of medicine and law / by Justin Herold.

ude mico-lale sur l'infanticide / par Ambroise Tardieu ... ; avec trois planches coloris.

Forensic Medicine

Images from the collections

Images referencing Forensic Medicine

Works from the collections

Forensic medicine.

La storia della medicina legale : ricerche e problemi atti della giornata di studio (Reggio Emilia, 21 maggio 1983) / a cura di Cosimo Damiano Fonseca.

Per una storia dell'insegnamento della medicina legale nell'Università di Siena / a cura di Francesca Vannozzi.

A manual of legal medicine : for the use of practitioners and students of medicine and law / by Justin Herold.

ude mico-lale sur l'infanticide / par Ambroise Tardieu ... ; avec trois planches coloris.

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