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  2. Medical examiner - Wikipedia

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    In 2002, 22 states had a medical examiner system, 11 states had a coroner system, and 18 states had a mixed system. Since the 1940s, the medical examiner system has gradually replaced the coroner system and serves about 48% of the US population. [4] [5] The largest medical examiner's office in the United States is located in Baltimore, Maryland ...

  3. Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York

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    The Chief Medical Examiner is appointed by the mayor. Dr. Patrick D. Riordan was the last coroner and the first acting medical examiner from January 1 to February 1, 1918, when Dr. Charles Norris was appointed by the mayor as the first official Chief Medical Examiner of New York City. [1]

  4. Charles Norris (medical examiner) - Wikipedia

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    In 1917, Norris, applying for the job of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York, took a civil service examination and passed, along with two other doctors. [2] [3] Mayor John F. Hylan immediately took legal action against them, claiming that in performing autopsies as part of the examination they had violated the law.

  5. Coroner - Wikipedia

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    Two different death investigation systems have developed in Canada: the Coroner's system and the Medical Examiner's system. The Coroner's system is used in the majority of provinces and territories. It is a system that is centuries old and originated in Great Britain.

  6. Coroner of New York City - Wikipedia

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    He was one of the last four coroners of New York County, New York when the office was abolished in 1918, and he was the first acting medical examiner for the new Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York. He filled the office for one month until Charles Norris was appointed as the first full time medical examiner. He collapsed in ...

  7. Medical examiner identifies victims in tragic Wisconsin ...

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    The Dane County Medical Examiner's Office on Wednesday evening released the names of Rubi Patricia Vergara, 14, of Madison, Wisconsin, and Erin West, 42, of DeForest, following forensic autopsies.

  8. New Whatcom medical examiner tells Council that her ... - AOL

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    Whatcom County’s new medical examiner is seeking a sharp increase in funding, telling the County Council that her office is substandard and understaffed and that she is having to conduct many ...

  9. Forensic pathology - Wikipedia

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    In Canada, there was a mix of coroner and medical examiner systems, depending on the province or territory. ... Later on, in forensic pathology history, forensic ...