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History of Legal Medicine, personalities with remarkable contributions to the development of Legal Medicine:

  • Decree issued by the Empress Maria Theresa in 1770: corpses could be inspected only by a doctor
  • Johann Peter Frank, who held lectures about forensic medicine and medical police in Pavia, was called in 1795 to Vienna; he is the author of the forensic medicine book: "System einer vollstaendingen medizinischen Polizei"
  • Joseph Bernt, author of the "Systematic manual of forensic medicine"
  • Eduard von Hoffmann started his activity in Innsbruck; he became famous for providing unequivocal evidence in the case of an accident, that a woman had, in fact, been pushed into an abyss by her husband. Hoffmann established that the hair found in the woman's hand belonged to her husband.

Affiliation of Legal Medicine: only related to Universities

No. of forensic pathologists: 35

Specialization: 6 years

Activity: forensic autopsies, clinical examination of victims of sexual assault, forensic toxicology, DNA.

University Legal Medicine education: legal medicine is compulsory discipline for medical students and optional for law students. Teaching in modules, legal medicine information period corresponds to weekly 1 hour lecture and 1 hour practice, for half-year.

INSTITUTES OF LEGAL MEDICINE IN AUSTRIA:

  1. GRAZ - Institut für Gerichtliche Medizin der Medizinischen Universität
  2. INNSBRUCK - Institut für Gerichtliche Medizin der Medizinischen Universität
  3. SALZBURG-LINZ - Institut für Gerichtliche Medizin der Paris-Lodron-Universität
  4. WIEN - Department für Gerichtliche Medizin der Medizinischen Universität

Information on this page was partly provided by courtesy of Dr. Mario Darok, Uni Graz.

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In perioada 20-22 aprilie 2017 va avea loc la Deva masa rotunda (a 10-a editie) - intalnire a specialistilor din domeniul medicinii legale.

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Legal Medicine Meetings
18 November 2019 09:00
2-nd International Caparica Conference in Translational Forensics
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29 November 2019 14:00
XIX Forensic seminar
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15 April 2020 08:00
International Congress in Moscow
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