1827 Orfila doubts detection of blood-stain
with the microscope.
1830 The first Medical Coroner elected.
“A medical Crowner’s a queer sort
of thing.”
1831 Sir Thos. Watson lectures at
King’s College Hospital, and
Swaine Taylor at Guy’s.
1832 The Anatomy Act, after Burke and
Hare scandals. “Burke Hare
too!”
1836 Registration of “the cause of
death” introduced.
Sir Dominic Corrigan’s clause as
to fact of death: “As I am
informed” (1874).
1837 The Medical Witnesses Remuneration
Act allows fees for medical
evidence at inquests; inquests
and autopsies increase, pathology
advances.
1843 Swaine Taylor’s Manual of Medical
Jurisprudence (Principles and
Practice, 1865).
Rules as to the test of criminal
responsibility of the insane
(McNaughten’s case).
1844 Rudolph Virchow’s Die Sections-Tecknik
commenced.