History of Legal Medicine in UK:

• 1783: William Hunter publishes an essay about signs of murder in bastard children. 
• 1788: the first book on legal medicine written in English was authored by Samuel Farr, and it's title was "Elements of Medical Jurisprudence" 
• 1789: the first British teacher of legal medicine was Andrew Duncan  
• 1803 - a Chair of Legal Medicine was established at the University of Edinburgh
• 1821 - John G. Smith, professor at the University of London, published "The Principles of Forensic Medicine" - the earliest English work about body injuries from a medico-legal viewpoint.
• 1901 - the Medico-Legal Society was founded in London and The Medico-Legal Journal was established in Cambridge.

Legal Medicine institutions in UK:

1. Division of Pathology (Forensic Medicine), The University of Edinburgh, The Wilkie Building, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG
2. Centre for Forensic and Legal Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, DD1 4HN, Tel: +441382388020; Fax: +441382388021, e-mail:  [email protected]

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