In the case of Disease, to confirm the illness of which the individual died. In the case of Murder or other crime, knowing the means by which the crime was committed may confirm the identity of the murderer.
For example, in my own World, I once examined a man who had been killed ostensibly by Natives of the northern Arctic. But an examination of the contents of his stomach showed that they had shared their food with him, and they are not men who would callously murder a guest whom they had fed. Thus I could conclude that the Murderer had been a man of the victim's own party.
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For example, in my own World, I once examined a man who had been killed ostensibly by Natives of the northern Arctic. But an examination of the contents of his stomach showed that they had shared their food with him, and they are not men who would callously murder a guest whom they had fed. Thus I could conclude that the Murderer had been a man of the victim's own party.