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On March30, 1770, Empress Maria Thersea issued in the chancellery, Her Majesty’s Court, a Decree entitled “Concerning the introduction of a Coroner’s Inquest”. Thirty-four years later, again by decree of her Majesty’s Court, the Chair of Forensic Pathology and Medical Police was founded: this was the cradle for today’s Institute of Forensic Medicine.
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Holczabek, W., Steinbereithner, K. (1983). On the Duty to Report to the Authorities all Fatal Accidents during Anaesthesia — Experiences in Austria. In: Vickers, M.D., Lunn, J.N. (eds) Mortality in Anaesthesia. European Academy of Anaesthesiology, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69355-7_18
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