The Washing Away of Wrongs: Forensic Medicine in Thirteenth-Century ChinaUniversity of Michigan Press, 1981 - 181 páginas 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. |
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Collected Writings on the Washing Away of Wrongs by Sung Tzu | 35 |
4 | 62 |
Chapter III | 95 |
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