Turning a Coroner

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong by Mark Chrisler

Sep 22, 202669:17Society & Culture

This is the story of the abolition of the Massachusetts Coroner's Office, and the creation of the world's first Medical Examiner. Told, as best as I can tell, for the first time since it happened. Check out: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

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