What are the motifs in Unnatural Death: Confessions of a Medical Examiner by Michael Baden?

History is a recurring idea in this book, although it does not play as large a role as the other two. Baden discusses the history of the medical examiner's office, as it began as a tax collector for the king and then over time evolved into the modern day coroner/ME. Baden discusses the historical cases that helped to shed light on the need for a more qualified individual in the office of county coroner. One of the first autopsies to be preformed during a murder trail was that of Samuell Yeoungman. He was beaten to death by his boss; the autopsy showed the beating did not kill Yeoungman immediately. The jury ruled that Yeoungman caused his own death by not seeing a doctor for his injuries.