Zur Beurtheilung der Selbstverbrennungen des menschlichen Körpers . English: Title page from Zur Beurtheilung der Selbstverbrennungen des menschlichen Körpers. / von Justus Liebig. Heidelberg : 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 1

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Zur Beurtheilung der Selbstverbrennungen des menschlichen Körpers . English: Title page from Zur Beurtheilung der Selbstverbrennungen des menschlichen Körpers. / von Justus Liebig. Heidelberg : 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. . 1850. Liebig, Justus, Freiherr von, 1803-1873 1286 Justus Liebig 1850 Zur Beurtheilung der Selbstverbrennungen

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