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The dissection of a dead body by a medical examiner or physician authorized by law to do so in order to determine the cause and time of a death that appears to have resulted from other than natural causes. This postmortem examination, required by law, is ordered by the local Coroner when a person is suspected to have died by violent or unnatural means. The consent of the decedent's next of kin is not necessary for an authorized autopsy to be held. The medical findings must be presented at an inquest and might be used as evidence in a police investigation and a subsequent criminal prosecution. Cross-references |
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After autopsying these monkeys, Wilson and his colleagues came to a troubling conclusion: The animals' immune systems had cleared out not only EPO produced by the inserted gene but also the macaques' natural EPO. 65) Similar rumors also attached themselves to Vesalius, supposed to have undertaken his fatal pilgrimage in penance for autopsying a still living Spanish noble. This focus on the generic and unassuming is less a manifestation of modesty than a strategy for focusing on Gerber's real interests: autopsying the dynamics of painting and the mechanics of the exhibition venue. |
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