The Washing Away of Wrongs: Forensic Medicine in Thirteenth-Century ChinaUniversity of Michigan Press, 1981 - 181 páginas T'zu's The Washing Away of Wrongs (Hsi yüan chi lu), printed in 1247, is the oldest extant book on forensic medicine in the world. Written as a guide for magistrates in conducting inquests, the book is a major source on early Chinese knowledge of pathology and morbid anatomy. Includes a lengthy introductory essay by the translator. |
Contenido
Forensic Practice in ThirteenthCentury China | 1 |
Collected Writings on the Washing Away of Wrongs | 35 |
Preface | 37 |
Chapter I | 39 |
Chapter II | 69 |
Chapter III | 95 |
Chapter IV | 121 |
Chapter V | 145 |
Bibliography | 163 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Washing Away of Wrongs: Forensic Medicine in Thirteenth-Century China Ci Song Vista de fragmentos - 1981 |
The Washing Away of Wrongs: Forensic Medicine in Thirteenth-Century China Ci Song Vista de fragmentos - 1981 |
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