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Autopsy


Ryan Blumenthal


As a medical detective of the modern world, forensic pathologist Ryan Blumenthal’s chief goal is to bring perpetrators to justice. He has performed thousands of autopsies, which have helped bring numerous criminals to book.

In Autopsy he covers the hard lessons learnt as a rookie pathologist, as well as some of the most unusual cases he’s encountered. During his career, for example, he has dealt with high-profile deaths, mass disasters, death by lightning and people killed by African wildlife.

Blumenthal takes the reader behind the scenes at the mortuary, describing a typical autopsy and the instruments of the trade. He also shares a few trade secrets, like how to establish when a suicide is more likely to be a homicide.

Even though they cannot speak, the dead have a lot to say – and Blumenthal is there to listen.

 

Ryan Blumenthal is a forensic pathologist at one of South Africa’s leading universities. He has published widely in the fields of lightning, suicide and other areas involving the pathology of trauma.  He has been involved in the publication of numerous articles and textbooks His chief mission in life is to help advance forensic pathology services both nationally and internationally.  Ryan lives in Pretoria.

Category:  True Crime, Forensic Medicine, Health
ISBN:  9781776190188
Publisher:  Jonathan Ball Publishers
On sale:  August 2020
Format:  Paperback
eBook ISBN  9781776190195 
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