Re: [DL] autopsies

["Daniel Gwyn" <dgwyn@colba.net>]

Hi,
    The practice of autopsies was hardly unheard of in the late 19th
century.  One of the sailors in the lost Franklin expedition (c. 1845) was
autopsied though I don't know if it was by the expedition's surgeon or a few
years later by the people looking for Franklin and company.  I have also
seen references to autopsies being done in France as early as 1715.  How
common were they?  I don't know
          Daniel Gwyn
"Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all."
     Hamlet, Act III, scene i.

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Nick Zachariasen <zacharin@pluto.dsu.edu>
À : deadlands@gamerz.net <deadlands@gamerz.net>
Date : April 5, 2002 4:15 PM
Objet : Re: [DL] autopsies


>> > >We have a mysterious death in my PBEM campaign, and the PC suggested
>> > >an autopsy.  How common was such in the old west?
>> >
>> >The "real" west of 1877 ... dunno.
>> >The DeadLands West ... as a Marshal if my posse came up with that idea
>> >I'd say "go for it"!
>> >
>> THey're trying to convince the town doc to do it.
>
>Well, The Agency: MiBD states that most town doctors in the West are going
>to have Medicine: General at best Most don't have Surgery, so they wouldn't
>freally be able to do an autopsy. If you're in a large town or a city the
>doc might have Surgery, but still don't count on it.
>
>Nick Zachariasen
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