RT Journal
T1 PAris
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1929
FD September 7
VO 93
IS 10
SP 780
OP 781
DO 10.1001/jama.1929.02710100042023
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02710100042023
AB The Fourteenth French Congress of Legal Medicine 
    The fourteenth French Congress of Legal Medicine was held at the Institut médico-légal in Paris. The opening session was in charge of Dr. Oberkirch, undersecretary of state to the ministry of health. The president of the congress was Professor Sorel of Toulouse, who was assisted by three vice presidents: Professors Michel of Paris and Naville of Geneva, and Dr. Desclaux of Nantes. MM. Etienne Martin of Lyons and Piédelièvre of Paris were secretaries of the congress. Many French and foreign physicians attended the meetings; among others, Professor Balthazard, Drs. Duvoir, Dervieux, Brouardel and Leclercq of Lille, Parisot of Nancy, Heger-Gilbert, De Laet and Vervaeck of Brussels, Heuyer and Philippe of Paris, Simonin of Strasbourg, and representatives of the courts of justice, the prisons and the prefecture of police.SUDDEN DEATH 
    The first topic, the medicolegal aspects of sudden death, was presented by MM.