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July 27, 2003
Autopsy Report
Remember I ranted on about the irritating fly on my London Bus journey home the other day? you know the one that mysteriously managed to follow me all the way into my home? (Click here to read it if you missed it.) Well - I am now forced to look at flies in a completely different light: I discovered a grusomely addictive journal (blog) the other day - and have added it to my reading list - it's called "Autopsy Report - Log of experiences as a Medical Examiner Intern". It's about Brian - who works for a Medical Examiner in the US. For those of on this side of the pond that's probably the US equivalent of the criminal pathologist - you know: cuts up bodies and performs autopsy for forensic investigation purposes. Well - not only is this blog intensley fascinating (as it perfectly complements all the late night forensic crime progarmmes on Discovery/Horizons that I inevitably get immersed in after a hard day's work) - the author also stresses the growing importance of flies (or Forensic Entomology). I quote from his most recent entry: bq. "Those little maggots that are crawling all over dead bodies may be our most accurate and useful tool in actually pinpointing the time of death. Next time you see a fly, remember that if it weren't for her and all of her dead fleshing loving friends, we would be up to our necks in dead bodies from both humans and animals."
The increasing importance of Forensic Entomology
Posted by jag at July 27, 2003 01:16 PM
Comments
Interesting post. Wish I'd had my dinner first ;-)
Posted by: Stu at July 27, 2003 09:55 PM
Apologies! It's funny really - because the only time I get to watch TV is when I eat my dinner - which happens to be when "gruesome" documentaries are on show. I guess I have become desensitised to the gore of it all ...
Posted by: Jag at July 27, 2003 10:06 PM
;-)
Posted by: Stu at July 28, 2003 12:12 AM
this is very interesting i like things like this
Posted by: Brittany at August 21, 2004 03:18 AM
U Guys R SICK
Posted by: james at October 14, 2004 12:17 AM
i love this subject, i actually for quite some time have been interested in a job in forensic entomology...and james, if you think its sick, why come to the site
Posted by: amanda at January 11, 2005 07:08 PM