title: Sung Tz'u (1186-1249) and medical jurisprudence in ancient China.
abstract: The evolution of medical jurisprudence in ancient China is discussed in relation to Sung Tz'u (1186-1249), a district judge in the Southern Sung Dynasty. His work represents some of the earliest on the subject.
authors.affiliation: Accident and Emergency Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Louis Kuo Tai
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy / Q000266:history; D002681:China; D003334:Coroners and Medical Examiners / Q000266:history; D003415:Crime / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000266:history*; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence / Q000266:history*