Color Atlas of the Autopsy

In keeping with the spirit of the first edition, the second edition of this book displays the autopsy procedure in a step-wise, start-to-finish fashion. While the autopsy itself has changed little over the last 100 years, the adjunct procedures―toxicology, radiology, and DNA analysis, among others―have changed greatly. Original chapters are fully updated and modified to reflect changes in the last 15 years. Additionally, two new chapters have been added on natural death and organ/tissue donation.

Scott A. Wagner, MD, is the director of the Phillip E. O. Shaugnessy Northeast Indiana Forensic Center in Fort Wayne, USA, and an assistant clinical professor of pathology at Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA.