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An inquisition before Henry Woltman, Coroner on the body of Charles Thomas, May 9, 1879
An inquisition before Henry Woltman, Coroner on the body of Charles Thomas, May 9, 1879
An inquest chaired by Thomas Wakley, University College Hospital, London, 1846
Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila, about 1835
Professor Doremus Exhibiting the Chemical Apparatus used in Detecting the Existence of Poison at the Trial of the Rev. George B. Vosburgh at Jersey City, May 22, 1878
Performing the analysis, 1856
Peter M. Hoffman, Coroner, Cook County, examines a hammer used to murder George Dietz, April 18, 1913
Milton Helpern, Chief Medical Examiner, New York City, poses for the cover of Modern Medicine magazine, April 12, 1965
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Performing the analysis, 1856
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The Rise of Forensics

Performing the analysis, 1856
Dr. Alfred Swaine Taylor (left) and a colleague, performing the Marsh test on samples taken from the body of John Parsons Cook. The two were looking for traces of arsenic and antimony.
Illustrated and unabridged edition of the Times report of the trial of William Palmer, for poisoning John Parsons Cook, at Rugeley, London, Wood engraving
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