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18 tiny deaths, the untold story of Frances Glessner Lee and the invention of modern forensics, Bruce Goldfarb ; introduction by Judy Melinek, MD

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18 tiny deaths

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Bruce Goldfarb ; introduction by Judy Melinek, MD

the untold story of Frances Glessner Lee and the invention of modern forensics

"Frances Glessner Lee, born a socialite to a wealthy and influential Chicago family in the 1870s, was never meant to have a career, let alone one steeped in death and depravity. Yet she developed a fascination with the investigation of violent crimes and made it her life's work. Best known for creating the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, a series of dioramas that appear charming-until you notice the macabre little details: an overturned chair, a blood-spattered comforter. And then, of course, there are the bodies-splayed out on the floor, draped over chairs-clothed in garments that Lee lovingly knit with sewing pins. Lee developed a system that used the Nutshells dioramas to train law enforcement officers to investigate violent crimes, and her methods are still used today. 18 Tiny Deaths is the story of a woman who overcame the limitations and expectations imposed by her social status and pushed forward an entirely new branch of science that we still use today"--, Provided by publisher

Legal medicine -- The sunny street of the sifted few -- Marriage and the aftermath -- The crime doctor -- Kindred spirits -- The medial school -- The three-legged stool -- Captain Lee -- In a nutshell -- Murder at Harvard -- The decline and falls -- Postmortem

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Eighteen tiny deaths