Autopsy is a gruesome and heart-wrenching profession. It is not for the faint-hearted, with facing corpses of all types: murders, rape and the macabre. Medico-legal field could not have been more interesting after reading this book.
Acknowledged by his peers as the greatest criminal pathologist of our time, Milton Helpern's long and successful career makes riveting reading.
Much of his working life was spent dissecting the tragic remains and analysing the ghoulish outcome of violent death. In court his brilliantly presented forensic evidence could sway many an undecided juror.
The tiniest detail, whether extracted from a blood-spattered pillow or taken from a decomposed corpse, proved the innocence of some - and sent many more to their own untimely death.
With around 6 pages of black and white photographs related to the medico-legal faction, this makes for an immersive read. It really makes me wish I had been a forensic scientist, with all the action in the gruesome details.
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