11 Facts About Forensic pathology

Forensic pathology is pathology that focuses on determining the cause of death by examining a corpse.

Forensic pathology pathologists collect and examine tissue specimens under the microscope to identify the presence or absence of natural disease and other microscopic findings such as asbestos bodies in the lungs or gunpowder particles around a gunshot wound.

Forensic pathology pathologists make great contributions to public health and preventative medicine by studying the dead.

Forensic pathology was founded by Rudolf Virchow, a German pathologist, who developed the Virchow method which is one of the main and popular techniques still used by forensic pathologists today.

In German-speaking Europe, lectures on forensic pathology were regularly held in Freiburg in the mid 18th century and Vienna in 1804.

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Forensic pathology was first recognized in the United States by the American Board of Pathology in 1959 after toxicology and pathology had been used to solve thousands of criminal cases worldwide for years.

In most English speaking countries, forensic pathology is a subspecialty of anatomical pathology.

Forensic pathology medicine is a mandatory round during medical school clerkship.

In Japan, the profession of forensic pathology is not commonly pursued compared to other medical professions such as clinicians and doctors.

Currently approved centers for forensic pathology training include Belfast, Liverpool, Leicester, Cardiff, London, Sheffield, Glasgow, and Dundee.

Anatomic Forensic pathology by itself is a three-year residency.