February 26, 2006

Visible Proofs is an exibition about the history of forensic medicine, including an account of the autopsy of Abraham Lincoln: ...we proceeded to remove the entire brain, when, as I was lifting the latter from the cavity of the skull, suddenly the bullet dropped out through my fingers and fell, breaking the solemn silence of the room with its clatter...
posted by Plegmund 18 years ago
  • Other than that, how did you enjoy the play, Mrs. Lincoln?
  • Grim but compelling tales.
  • I've sometimes wondered why autopsies are performed as a matter of course in accidental deaths, where the cause of death is quite obvious and the condition of the deceased, either before or after the incident, appears rather irrelevant. It can seem like unnecessarily invasive bureaucratic over-kill (no pun intended), a further, final, indignity for the unfortunate deceased and their family. New technologies like MRIs and CT scans, were it not for their expense, could be promising in these situations.
  • Practice?
  • No killer would ever try to pass murder off as an accident.
  • it is not a significant bullet.
  • Ah, as me granmether used to say: Parts is parts.