UNIT 2 History Flashcards
in a case where _____________, a medical examiner or coroner can order an autopsy without consent from next of kin
suspicious circumstances surround the death
realized the importance of the microscope when conducting
pathological research to uncover minute details
Rudolf Virchow
1247
Song Ci wrote “His Yuan Lu,” or “The Washing Away of Wrongs”
Considered the ultimate medical audit
AUTOPSY
Can be categorized by 5 different rulings for manner/cause of death
o Natural
o Accident
o Homicide
o Suicide
o Undetermined
An instruction manual on how to conduct medico-legal investigations,
examine corpses, and determine the time and cause of death
“His Yuan Lu,” or “The Washing Away of Wrongs”
erformed a number of “autopsies,”
dissecting corpses and observing the anatomy unseen by the naked eye
Leonardo da Vinci and Michaelangelo
accurate illustrations of human anatomy
Leonardo da Vinci
Renaissance
lay dissector”
Influenced by The Washing Away of Wrongs, he conducted the first known legal autopsy where the death was investigated explicitly to determine if there was fault (medico-legal autopsy)
Bartolomeo da Varignana; the first known medico-legal autopsy
Anatomy teachers and students in medical schools did not perform
dissections themselves; they would congregate in an operating theatre and watch as a cadaver was opened by a
“lay dissector”
Before the advent of the microscope, his observations were limited by the
power of the human eye and his tools
Bartolomeo da Varignana; the first known medico-legal autopsy
The investigation was requested by a magistrate in Bologna
Bartolomeo da Varignana; the first known medico-legal autopsy
Through his examinations, he characterized a case of leukemia, and his resulting report is one of the earliest formal reports on this cancer
Rudolf Virchow
44 B.C
.The first recorded autopsy