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On the Processes for detecting Blood in medico-legal Cases
by TAYLOR, Alfred Swaine
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Author's own offprint of this interesting article on detecting blood 'for the purposes of pathology and legal medicine', in which he publishes, for the first time, a description of the spectroscopic process developed by the eminent microscopist and geologist Henry Clifton Sorby (1826–1908), written by Sorby at Taylor's request.
Dubbed the father of British forensic medicine, Alfred Swaine Taylor (1806–1880) inspired Victorian writers such as Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Charles Dickens. His published output was pioneering and outstanding, from his Elements of Medical Jurisprudence (1836) and Manual of Medical Jurisprudence (1844) to Poisons in Relation to Medical Jurisprudence and Medicine (1848) and Principles and Practice of Medical Jurisprudence (1865). His contributions to the field won him prizes, honorary degrees, and an international reputation. As a leading medical jurist and toxicologist, Taylor was consulted on hundreds of medico-legal cases and appeared as an expert witness at several highly publicised murder trials, establishing forensic toxicology as a medical specialism. His expertise also led him to draw attention to the dangers of using arsenic in wallpaper decoration, to the easy availability of poisons, and to the prevalence of adulterated food.
8vo, pp. 5, [1 (blank)]; in contemporary green wrappers; Taylor's signature to upper cover ('AS Taylor') and manuscript note at head of p. 1 ('AST 1870').
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- Bernard Quaritch Ltd
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- Seller's Inventory #
- H5166.2
- Title
- On the Processes for detecting Blood in medico-legal Cases
- Author
- TAYLOR, Alfred Swaine
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- [Guy’s Hospital Reports]
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Date Published
- [1870]
- Pages
- pp. 5, [1 (blank)]
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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