The Washing Away of Wrongs : Forensic Medicine in Thirteenth-Century China

T'zu's The Washing Away of Wrongs (Hsi y an 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.