Keywords: Justus Liebig 1850 Zur Beurtheilung der Selbstverbrennungen.jpg en Title page from Zur Beurtheilung der Selbstverbrennungen des menschlichen Körpers / von Justus Liebig Heidelberg C F Winter 1850 Organic chemist Justus Liebig in 1847 when he was called in as an expert witness at a trial in Giessen of a valet Johann Stauff who was charged with murdering his mistress the countess of Görlitz The question arose of whether she could have died as a result of spontaneous human combustion Liebig concluded the phenomenon was not possible publishing his results in this book in 1850 This is the second edition 1850 Institution Chemical Heritage Foundation object history exhibition history credit line http //www chemheritage org/ Chemical Heritage Foundation accession number http //othmerlib chemheritage org/record b1068292~S6 RA1085 L543 1850 Roy G Neville Historical Chemical Library http //www chemheritage org/ Chemical Heritage Foundation Image downloaded with permission from the Chemical Heritage Foundation as part of the Wikipedian in Residence initiative CHF-cooperation PD-old-100 Books by Justus von Liebig |