Anthropology

Anthropology
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ISSN: 2332-0915

Review Article - (2013) Volume 1, Issue 2

Two Centuries of Autopsies in the New England Journal of Medicine:Evolution of the Status of the Cadaver in Occidental Medicine (1812-2012)

Charlier Philippe1,2*, Lorin De La Grandmaison Geoffroy1 and Christian Herve2
1Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 104 R. Poincaré boulevard, 92380 Garches, France
2Laboratory of Medical Ethics and Legal Medicine, University of Paris, 5, 45 Saints Peres street, 75006 Paris, France
*Corresponding Author: Charlier Philippe, Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, University Hospital R. Poincaré (AP-HP, UVSQ), 104 R. Poincaré Boulevard, 92380 Garches, France, Tel: +33-1-47-10-76 80/89, Fax: +33-1-47-10-76-83 Email:

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