Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Charles Norris

  • Charles Norris and the evolution of forensic medicine

    Zo Overton-HennessyNoel BrownleeBlacksburg, Virginia, United States “His work makes dead men tell more tales than live ones ever could.”1 These words, though hyperbolic on the surface, understate the influence Dr. Charles Norris had on forensic medicine. His rigorous attention to detail set the innocent free, condemned the guilty, and protected the public; by the end…