num_pages: 200
description: T'zu's The Washing Away of Wrongs (Hsi y an 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.
language: English
title: The Washing Away of Wrongs: Forensic Medicine in Thirteenth-Century China (Volume 1)
titlecomplete: The Washing Away of Wrongs: Forensic Medicine in Thirteenth-Century China (Volume 1) (Science, Medicine, And Technology In East Asia)
genres: True Crime, Science, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 29
publisher: U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES