Originally posted by drstrange169
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Hi Dusty.
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You are probably looking at modern figures.
Certainly the fact the the doctors looked for it, indicates they at least thought it would still be detectable.
You might find this hard to believe but the ability to detect the presence of alcohol was limited by the surgeons sense of smell.
Dr. Llewellyn - "...there was no smell of alcohol in the stomach."
Virchows, Practical Pathology, 1892, provides no conventional methods to enable the pathologist to look for these substances.
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