title: [Auguste Ambroise Tardiue--the pre-eminent forensic medical scientist and children's rights advocate].
abstract: This article is devoted to the outstanding forensic medical expert whose activities exerted the great influence on the development of forensic medicine in France and all over the world. The paper present the biographical facts concerning A A Tardiue and characterizes the contribution he made to different field of forensic medicine in the middle of the XIX century including various forms of child abuse and neglect. A brief summary of the circumstances of some court trials in which A A Tardiue participated in the capacity of a forensic medical expert is presented in conjunction with the overview of his three most important written works.
authors.forename: Iu V
authors.initials: IuV
authors.lastname: Kemeneva
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000266:history*; D005197:Famous Persons; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans