Both Uses of
autopsy
in
Chasing Lincoln's Killer
- At the Executive Mansion, the soldiers carried the president's body in its temporary coffin to the second floor for an autopsy.†
p. 109.7 *
- To be absolutely certain the body was Booth's, Stanton ordered an inquest and autopsy.†
p. 180.9
Definition:
an examination and dissection of a dead body -- typically to determine the cause of death