The Washing Away of Wrongs: Forensic Medicine in Thirteenth-Century China by Brian McKnight, Tz'u Sung, Brian E. McKnight

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

Brian McKnight, Tz'u Sung, Brian E. McKnight

196 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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