Description
"For a long time, I believed my place was in religious orders. I was searching for meaning, a form of the absolute. Then, I changed course. Medicine brought me back to reality, and forensic medicine anchored me in the irreversible. We no longer heal; we observe. We no longer alleviate; we listen to what the body can no longer say otherwise. It's not a surrender; it's a different dialogue with life. And with history, too. Because deep down, I am passionate about it. Every body is a fragment of a story, every death a trace left on the thread of time." In this fourth book, Philippe Boxho, forensic doctor, lecturer, and best-selling author, continues to do what he does better than anyone: recount death to better illuminate life. Through a series of authentic cases, he once again takes us behind the scenes of his daily life as a forensic pathologist, amidst night shifts, absurd or tragic crime scenes, and biting dialogues. Each true story becomes an opportunity to explore human behavior, society's flaws, and sometimes even... the limits of justice. But this new opus also distinguishes itself with an foray into an ancient mystery: that of the Shroud of Turin. As a rigorous forensic doctor, Philippe Boxho applies his scientific analysis methods to the Passion of Christ, delivering an unprecedented and fascinating investigation where medicine dialogues with history. For behind the man who dissects bodies, there is also an art enthusiast, a lover of ancient archives... and a former seminarian who once considered dedicating his life to faith. This book, like the previous ones, invites us to reflect, to laugh, to shiver, but above all, to understand how much death tells us about life.
