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Tales of Forensic Pathologist
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 (3 Reviews)
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$16.95
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Available for immediate delivery.
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February 27, 2009 |
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Paperback
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 The less glamorous side of the medical profession., December 25, 2014
By B. Wolinsky
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Long before we had CSI and all those wonderful crime dramas, the New York City medical examiners were climbing up staircases to examine the dead, and it wasn’t glamorous or even rewarding. Dr. Schmutter was an immigrant physician from the Soviet Union, assigned to respond to homicides, accidents, and mysterious deaths were the cause was undetermined. The doctors were mostly immigrants from USSR or Haiti, and it was thankless work. You had to show up at whatever scene of death there was, whether the elevator worked or not. Traveling by subway was a long haul in the days before Guiliani, and as any NYC resident of the time will remember, it was never a safe place to be at night.
Zoya Schmutter writes in a way the captures the sights, sounds, and even smells of her work. She discusses the intense inspections of the dead bodies, taking blood and tissue samples, the dark, dingy basements where the medical examiners worked. There are a few short anecdotes about her cases, like the exotic dancer with the double life, or the mummified woman whose family didn’t know she was dead. Some photos or maps would be helpful, and perhaps some more info about the ways that the pathologist determines the cause of death.
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Not a bad read., February 02, 2014
By jm
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Very interesting but sometimes would drag. After awhile, the reader will start to learn how tell the death of a person. Very informative on pathology.
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 A true look at forensic pathology-watch out Patricia Cornwall, September 11, 2013
By J. Gill
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This is a collection of autopsy vignettes by a very well experienced forensic pathologist in NYC. Dr. Schmuter has seen it all and describes it in detail. You can hear her voice in her writing as if she is telling you a story. Both the lay person and the forensic pathologist will enjoy this.
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