Some historical perspective for the case of the New Orleans coroner whose election opponent is accusing him of selling body parts: “Whose body is it anyway?: trading the dead poor, coroner’s disputes, and the business of anatomy at Oxford University, 1885-1929,” Elizabeth T. Hurren, Bull Hist Med, Winter 2008;82(4):775-818. The author, at Wellcome Trust Centre […]
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Coroner as Frankenstein in NO
Forensic science, in a manner of speaking, is all the rage in In New Orleans. One candidate for coroner — Dwight McKenna — is running this TV ad. It accuses the other candidate, Frank Minyard, the incumbent, of being a Dr. Frankenstein who sells body parts. (Thanks to Rose Fox and TPM for bringing this […]