Collection of the Dishonored - Sen'en shuuroku (English: Xǐ yuān jí lù)

Japanese: 洗冤集録 - せんえんしゅうろく（英語表記）Xǐ yuān jí lù

A book on forensic medicine written by Song Ci (1186-1249) at the end of the Southern Song dynasty in China. It is also called the Lu of Cessation. It was written in 1247 (the 7th year of the Chunyou era), several centuries earlier than the Western Opera chirurgica (1575). Volume 1 covers legal procedures and corpse examination methods, Volume 2 investigates causes of death, Volume 3 distinguishes between skeletons and hanging and murder, Volume 4 records causes of death such as suicide and death from illness, and Volume 5 records causes of death such as death by crushing or being strangled, focusing mainly on external observations. There are 53 entries in total. Song Ci served as a legal official in Guangdong, Hunan, and other areas, and wrote this book to rectify lawlessness.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，南宋末の宋慈(1186‐1249)の著した法医学書。《洗冤録》とも簡称する。1247年(淳祐7)に成り，西欧の《Opera chirurgica》(1575)より数世紀早い。第1巻は法手続と屍体検査法，第2巻は致死因の究明，第3巻は骸骨や自縊と他殺の判別，第4巻は自殺，病死などの死因，第5巻は圧死，受杖死などの死因を記し，外形観察を主としている。すべて53項ある。宋慈は広東，湖南などの提刑(法務官)を歴任，無法を是正するため本書を著した。

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