title: [Post-mortem medical examinations: practices of scientific autopsy and forensic autopsy, in the nineteenth century, in France].
abstract: The performance of a pathological post-mortem examination is quite different from on carried out for medico-legal reasons. One is directed by a search fo scientific knowledge, the other by justice. Even though they have much in common, there are clear differences in the physician's practice and approach.Medico-legal considerations introduce technical modifications, including a more scrupulous external examination, giving the forensic expert an advantage not available to the pathologist. In addition, the forensic expert is often working under pressure, as he is obliged avoid any professional errors and may have to work quickly under difficult conditions.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Menenteau
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy / Q000266:history*; D003933:Diagnosis; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century
vernacular_title: Examens médicaux post-mortem: les pratiques de l'autopsie scientifique et de l' autopsie médico-légale, aux XIXème siècle, en France.