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Riding the Forensic Wave
W. E. Bigelow, An Exposé of the Evidence in the Case of the Parkman Murder, Boston, 1850
In November 1849, George Parkman, an eminent Bostonian, mysteriously disappeared. When body parts were found, a dental plate helped identify the remains—and convict a Harvard medical professor of the murder. Pamphlets and newspapers narrated the case as it unfolded.
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