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Post-Mortem Examination or Autopsy
medindia 8870 Posts Autopsy takes birth from the Greek word autopsia: "to see with one's own eyes."Autopsy (post-mortem examination or obduction or necropsy) is a medical procedure involving the examination of the body of a dead person to determine the cause and manner of death ...Read More
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Did you know that Legionnaire's disease was discovered as a result of autopsy. In 1976 34 of the 221 delegates died when they attended an American Legion conference in Philadelphia. Food poisoning was ruled out and after this it became apparent that they had inhaled a bacterium Legionella on autopsies.

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