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An autopsy is an [[investigation]] of the cause or causes of death of a recently deceased individual by the examination of his or her [[cadaver]]. Its [[dissection]] is an essential part of a thoroughgoing autopsy. An autopsy can be performed to improve [[knowledge]] of the diagnosed cause of death. Equally, an autopsy can be performed to solve a medical mystery, when the cause of death defies diagnosis, or to solve a criminal mystery, when there is suspicion of foul play. In the last respect, an autopsy performed on [[Professor Daniel Fyrehaaven]] at the initiative of biology and medical departments implicated his wife [[Julia Fyrehaaven|Julia in his murder.  
An autopsy is an [[investigation]] of the cause or causes of death of a recently deceased individual by the examination of his or her [[cadaver]]. Its [[dissection]] is an essential part of a thoroughgoing autopsy. An autopsy can be performed to improve [[knowledge]] of the diagnosed cause of death. Equally, an autopsy can be performed to solve a medical mystery, when the cause of death defies diagnosis, or to solve a criminal mystery, when there is suspicion of foul play.


The extent to which autopsies are used in the [[Land of Mists]] to help solve crimes is unclear. In  [[Paridon]] there is a long tradition of doing, with a [[morgue]] and [[coroner's office]] abutting a [[City Guard]] headquarters. In Darkon an autopsy performed on [[Professor Daniel Fyrehaaven]] implicated his wife [[Julia Fyrehaaven|Julia]] in his murder. It seemed to be the biology and medical departments that at their own initiative decided to perform the autopsy.


 
[[Category:Investigation]][[Category:Dissection]][[Category:Cadaver]]
The purpose of an autopsies can be either medical or legal. The cause of medical [[knowledge]] can be advanced, especially if the
 
 
Medical researchers are always looking to improve their [[knowledge]]
 
 
for the sake of
 
 
Autopsies are either performed for legal or medical purposes. For example, a forensic autopsy is carried out when the cause of death may be a criminal matter, while a clinical or academic autopsy is performed to find the medical cause of death and is used in cases of unknown or uncertain death, or for research purposes. Autopsies can be further classified into cases where external examination suffices, and those where the body is dissected and internal examination is conducted. Permission from next of kin may be required for internal autopsy in some cases. Once an internal autopsy is complete the body is reconstituted by sewing it back together.
 
 
Autopsy for the sake of
 
 
No [[law enforcement agency]] in the [[Land of the Mists]] is known to pursue murder investigations with the regular assistance of autopies.
 
[[Category:Dissection]][[Category:Investigation]][[Category:Corpse]]
 
Dissection consists of the careful cutting apart of flesh, whether from a fresh [[corpse]] or a fleshly picked plant, in the quest for [[knowledge]] of the material processes of [[life]]. Dissection is a fundamental procedure in [[biology]] and [[medicine]] and is taught universally to biology students and to all [[medical students]] in advanced lands. [[Exploration]], [[experimentation]], and [[research]] in the fields of biology and medicine depends upon, and makes copious use of, dissection. Dissection must not be confused with [[vivisection]], wherein the flesh that is cut open is that of a still living thing. Dissection is sometimes equated with [[butchery]] and is sometimes accused of being the stuff of [[ghoul|ghouls]]. It has an unsavoury reputation among the unwashed masses of modern lands where it is nonetheless legal and is loosely regulated at best. It may be greeted with abject [[horror]] in more primative lands as [[transgression]] and in such places it may not enjoy the protection of [[law]]. [[Religions]] tend to take a dim view of [[dissection]], often accusing it of [[desecration]].
 
[[Category:Biological Procedure]][[Category:Medical Procedure]][[Category:Corpse]][[Category:Gothic]][[Category:Transgression]][[Category:Desecration]][[Category:Gothic]]

Revision as of 06:40, 29 December 2010

An autopsy is an investigation of the cause or causes of death of a recently deceased individual by the examination of his or her cadaver. Its dissection is an essential part of a thoroughgoing autopsy. An autopsy can be performed to improve knowledge of the diagnosed cause of death. Equally, an autopsy can be performed to solve a medical mystery, when the cause of death defies diagnosis, or to solve a criminal mystery, when there is suspicion of foul play.

The extent to which autopsies are used in the Land of Mists to help solve crimes is unclear. In Paridon there is a long tradition of doing, with a morgue and coroner's office abutting a City Guard headquarters. In Darkon an autopsy performed on Professor Daniel Fyrehaaven implicated his wife Julia in his murder. It seemed to be the biology and medical departments that at their own initiative decided to perform the autopsy.

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