Frances Glessner Lee Quotes

The teeth are the hardest, most durable material in the human body. They can tolerate decomposition or submersion in water, withstand temperatures over 1,000°C (up to 2,000°F) and survive explosions and extremes of physical forces.

[Until Frances Glessner Lee] It used to be that when someone died, there was no set method for examining the body and the scene. All kinds of people would be sent who had no formal training, and they'd contaminate the scene. Sometimes people would be accused of murder when it was an accident and the other way around

In May 1896, Frances and Helen departed on the steamer Etruria