Decomposition On Exhumed Bodies, 1831


Studies of the effects of decomposition on exhumed bodies, 1831. Mathieu Orfila was a towering figure in the emergent field of forensics. His 1831 treatise was the first book to be devoted solely to the subject of exhumation and decomposition.


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