num_pages: 238
description: Lovers of CSI will find a treasure trove of fascinating information on suicide, paternity suits, rape, drugs, poison, sexual asphyxia, battered babies, strangulation, time of death, blood (serology), cafe coronaries, etc. in this award-winning 1973 book. Included in this unique book are hundreds of tidbits for the forensic pathology buff, plus several longer cases and how they were solved. The last section includes interviews with medical detectives like Dr. Cyril Wecht discussing forensic "Mysteries of the JFK Assassination, " and Dr. John Edland discussing the Attica riots, and other famous forensic pathologists such as Dr. Milton Helpern, Dr. Michael Baden, Dr. Thomas Noguci, etc.
language: English
title: The medical detectives
titlecomplete: The medical detectives
genres: True Crime, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 19
awards: awardedAt: 126259200000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Fact Crime
publisher: David McKay Company