Lecture - "Palaeopathology: medical jurisprudence applied to history and archaeology"
Dates
Tuesday 7 January 2025 at 18:00
Tuesday 7 January 2025 at 18:00
Location
Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology
Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology
Address
56 bis, boulevard du Jardin Exotique
56 bis, boulevard du Jardin Exotique
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2025
07
Jan
Lecture - "Palaeopathology: medical jurisprudence applied to history and archaeology"
This lecture looks at attempts by legal medicine experts to gain new insights into history by studying "silent witnesses", long-dead historic patients such as Lucy the australopithecine, or the remains of Richard the Lionheart, the false relics of Joan of Arc, the head of Henry IV of France, the blood of Marat and Robespierre, the latrines of Napoleon at Longwood, Flaubert's death mask, Hitler's jawbone, and Picasso's hair). The talk will be given by Philippe Charlier, a doctor of medicine, archaeo-anthropology, and bioethics.
