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It should be added that criminal law that time also meant that executed convicts had to be studied by the general public to inspect any inner deformations or sick organs which could have caused those crimes. So the executioner was also a pathologist who prepared a public autopsy in a special room after the execution. Or there was another special doctor who did that. Many executioners did the autopsy by themselves which raised their profile.

An excellent novel about he executioners business is Pavel Kohout's Katyne.