Autopsy
Life in the trenches with a forensic pathologist in Africa
Published on 12. August 2020
224 pages
978-1-77619-019-5 (ISBN)
Description
As a medical detective of the modern world, forensic pathologist Ryan Blumenthal's chief goal is to bring perpetrators to justice. He has performed thousands of autopsies, which have helped bring numerous criminals to book.In Autopsy he covers the hard lessons learnt as a rookie pathologist, as well as some of the most unusual cases he's encountered. During his career, for example, he has dealt with high-profile deaths, mass disasters, death by lightning and people killed by African wildlife.Blumenthal takes the reader behind the scenes at the mortuary, describing a typical autopsy and the instruments of the trade. He also shares a few trade secrets, like how to establish when a suicide is more likely to be a homicide.Even though they cannot speak, the dead have a lot to say - and Blumenthal is there to listen.
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RYAN BLUMENTHAL is a forensic pathologist at one of South Africa's leading universities. He has published widely in the fields of lightning, suicide and other areas involving the pathology of trauma. He has been involved in the publication of numerous articles and textbooks. His chief mission in life is to help advance forensic pathology services both nationally and internationally. Ryan lives in Pretoria.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Introduction
- 1. So you want to be a forensic pathologist?
- 2. My last living patient
- 3. Autopsies and exhumations
- 4. Time since death
- 5. African wildlife deaths
- 6. Lightning and environmental deaths
- 7. Every contact leaves a trace
- 8. Risking life for death
- 9. Ways of dying, part I
- 10. Ways of dying, part II
- 11. Fighting crime with science
- 12. The perfect murder .
- 13. Animals and death
- 14. Life in the witness box
- 15. On equality in death
- 16. The Lindy Effect and forensics
- 17. Ten lessons for the living from the dead
- 18. On death and dying
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- Notes
- About the book
- About the author
- Imprint
