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"Taceant colloquia. Effugiat risus. Hic locus est ubi mors gaudet succurrere vitae"
Giovanni Battista Morgagni (Padua, 1682-1771)
"All conversation should cease, laughter should disappear, because this is the place where death delights to help the living"
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Examination and expert assessment of
- Deaths, particular in cases caused by a third party
- Physical injuries to living people
- Medical malpractice
Forensic medicine is a science which serves people and the truth.
Forensic scientists are lawyers for victims, both dead and alive.