Practical pathology

"Practical Pathology" by Aldred Scott Warthin is a handbook designed for medical students and doctors, offering instructions for doing autopsies and studying lab samples. This book highlights how important autopsies are for learning about medicine, stating they improve doctors' abilities to diagnose illnesses and add to what we know about health. The book begins by explaining why autopsies are so useful in finding out what causes death and what diseases someone had. Warthin describes different ways to perform autopsies, highlighting the need to pay close attention to detail and follow a set order. The manual also addresses the rules and moral considerations around autopsies, suggesting they should be more common to help make diagnoses more accurate and keep the public better informed about health issues. The manual is setting the stage for a closer look at autopsy methods and how to analyze diseases.