“It is sad to think that, in an earnest scientific work, in the year of grace 1861, we must still treat the fable of ‘spontaneous (human) combustion’, a thing that no one has ever seen or examined, the very proofs of whose existence rests upon the testimony of perfectly untrustworthy non-professionals.”From: Caspar, J L: “A handbook of the practice of forensic medicine based on personal experience” (The New Sydenham Society, London, 1861)
Thursday, February 23, 2012
This time 2012 or 1861: Can you tell the difference?
Another gem... this time from Prof Dougal Drysdale who continues to receive enquiries about spontaneous human combustion:
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"I swear, officer! She just burst into flames!"
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