The Washing Away of Wrongs

Forensic Medicine in Thirteenth-Century China

Tz'u Sung (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

1981
Centre for Chinese Studies Publications (Verlag)
978-0-89264-800-9 (ISBN)

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Printed in 1247, this 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.

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.

Brian E. McKnight is Department Head and Professor of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.1.1981
Reihe/Serie	Science, Medicine, And Technology In East Asia
Übersetzer	Brian McKnight
Zusatzinfo	7 illustrations
Verlagsort	Ann Arbor, MI
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	310 g
Themenwelt	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Rechtsmedizin
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	0-89264-800-7 / 0892648007
ISBN-13	978-0-89264-800-9 / 9780892648009
Zustand	Neuware