Article ID: CBB000082746

The authority of shadows: The legal embrace of the X-ray (1998)

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Description “This paper tells the story of the 1896 legal case of Smith vs. Grant--the first American case in which X-ray photographs were allowed to be admitted in evidence before a jury.”


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Authors & Contributors
Cawthon, Elisabeth A.
Alibrandi, Rosamaria
Tapp, Eddie
Harer, W. Benson, Jr.
White, Brenda M.
Smith, Roger C.
Concepts
Forensic medicine
Medicine and law
Medicine
Criminal law
Criminology
Suicide
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
17th century
16th century
Places
British Isles
England
France
United States
Spain
Italy
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