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Zur Beurtheilung der Selbstverbrennungen des menschlichen Körpers   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Liebig, Justus, Freiherr von, 1803-1873
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Zur Beurtheilung der Selbstverbrennungen des menschlichen Körpers
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English: Title page from Zur Beurtheilung der Selbstverbrennungen des menschlichen Körpers. / von Justus Liebig. Heidelberg : C.F. Winter, 1850. Organic chemist Justus Liebig in 1847, when he was called in as an expert witness at a trial in Giessen of a valet, Johann Stauff, who was charged with murdering his mistress, the countess of Görlitz. The question arose of whether she could have died as a result of spontaneous human combustion. Liebig concluded the phenomenon was not possible, publishing his results in this book in 1850. This is the second edition.
Date 1850
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q5090408
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