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Autopsy
- Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa
- Narrated by: Ettienne Durandt
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
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Summary
As a medical detective of the modern world, forensic pathologist Ryan Blumenthal’s chief goal is to bring perpetrators to justice. He has performed thousands of autopsies, which have helped bring numerous criminals to book.
In Autopsy he covers the hard lessons learnt as a rookie pathologist, as well as some of the most unusual cases he’s encountered. During his career, for example, he has dealt with high-profile deaths, mass disasters, death by lightning and people killed by African wildlife.
Blumenthal takes the listener behind the scenes at the mortuary, describing a typical autopsy and the instruments of the trade. He also shares a few trade secrets, like how to establish when a suicide is more likely to be a homicide.
Even though they cannot speak, the dead have a lot to say - and Blumenthal is there to listen.
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- Corne Moll
- 02-03-21
Enjoyed!
I really enjoyed the book and the African twist to it! The last chapter hit hard and I am sure we can all learn something.
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- Ashen Gomes
- 03-04-24
Interesting to say the least
One of the most interesting books I’ve read in a long while.
Shows the exceptional work done by exemplary people with minimal to no resources to bring us closure from our dearly departed.
They should really make a NCSI show about South Africa!! Would be way way more interesting than the US one.
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- Jenni king
- 30-09-24
Absolutely bloody brilliant
I absolutely truly loved everything about this book and have listened to it many times now and would recommend it to everyone...well everyone who loves to hear/read about medical stuff, death, and a good bit of guts and gore thrown in for good luck. Ryan's sense of humour, wit, intelligence and knowledge comes together with his great storytelling skills to make a book that I can never put down, even if I know what's going to happen next because it's the 7th or 17th time I've listened to it because each time I do I laugh, gasp and still feel as much shock as I did the 1st time round. It's bloody brilliant and I love it.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-08-20
Disappointing
At least three times the Author mentions how poorly paid he is - can't help but think this is just a rushed cash grab to supplement his income, especially when you can count on one hand the amount of cases he talks about that he was actually involved in. No real detail and lots of pseudo philosophical filler in what is a very short read. Switches constantly between assuming lots of medical knowledge and explaining things in layperson terms. Possibly a good read if Autopsy and forensic pathology are completely new words in your vocabulary.
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- Sadie
- 08-02-22
More of a moral preaching exercise
Told me what I should be grateful for in life and that I should “take five deep breaths upon waking in the mornings” . Said a lot about the hardships faced by forensic pathologists in South Africa. There was not much written at all about actual autopsy’s. Pretty boring.
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