Victorian CSI

By: David Ferrier, William R. Smith, William Guy

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Paperback | 27 October 2009

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256 Pages

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The first edition of William A. Guy's Principles of
Forensic Medicine was published at the start of
Victoria's reign; the final edition, from which these
selections derive, was published towards the end, just a
few years after the Whitechapel horrors had pushed the
emerging science to the forefront of the public's
consciousness. With this guide in hand, a detective could
tell whether the victim had suffocated, drowned, been
shot, stabbed, or struck by lightning, spontaneously
combusted, frozen to death or expired due to starvation -
or, as the guide warns, was not dead at all, but simply
in a state of 'suspended animation'. Suggestions include
examining the face of the deceased for an 'expression of
angry resistance', a clear indication of murder, and
studying the demeanour of the nearest and dearest in
cases of suspected 'secret poisoning'. With original
woodcuts, case studies and notes on identifying the
corpse and walking the crime scene, it will fascinate
lovers of crime fiction and of true crime alike.

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