Historia de la medicina legal

Abstract

Legal medicine through the study of the clinical history has been a science with the main characteristic of change the focus of the it, through time according to the needs of each period of time, even though the human evolution; since the first techniques by the Egyptians until the latest techniques of molecular biology. However the medical responsibility has not change, still now the doctor is responsible for a failing treatment or a bad practice and his punishment can be injust depending on the time and the place.  Key words: Medicine. History. Forensic medicine. Autopsy. Wounds. Injuries.