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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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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
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The Rise of Forensics

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
The chemical apparatuses represent three separate tests to detect antimony. At the bottom of the page, Doremus is shown on the witness stand holding what appears to be a chart of spectrograms. Inset portraits, from left to right: Rev. George B. Vosburgh; Mrs. Jennie Sickles (Mrs. Vosburgh's sister-in-law); Mrs. Harriet Vosburgh; Mrs. Elvira Manton (Mrs. Vosburgh's sister); James Sickles (Mrs. Vosburgh's brother and the Reverend's principal accuser).
The Daily Graphic, New York, Wood Engraving
New-York Historical Society