The Washing Away of Wrongs: Forensic Medicine in Thirteenth-Century China by Tz'u Sung

The Washing Away of Wrongs: Forensic Medicine in Thirteenth-Century China

Tz'u Sung

181 pages first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction history science true crime informative slow-paced
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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 ...

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