![]() ![]() The circumstances of the case are very curious indeed, they are highly mysterious and if any legal issue arises it is likely to have some very remarkable complications. He was last seen by the maid of a relative at whose house he had gone to visit him. A gentleman has mysteriously disappeared. ![]() ![]() The problem of survivorship, he says, is what’s the latest moment in which one can be sure a person is alive? To illustrate this he refers to an article in the morning papers. My Take: At a lecture on Medical Jurisprudence, and Forensic Medicine, Dr John Thorndyke, a learned man of great reputation, talks on survivorship. As he searches for the true reason for Bellingham’s disappearance, Thorndyke discovers a mystery as deep as any pharaoh’s tomb. Because his will cannot be discharged until the time and place of his death are known, Bellingham’s family calls on the eminent Dr Thorndyke, whose mastery of the medical arts is second only to his brilliance for crime solving. When Bellingham does not reappear, the police assume he has met with some fatal accident. When the friend arrives, he finds the study empty Bellingham has vanished into thin air. He visits a friend for dinner and is told to wait in the study. To find a missing archaeologist, Dr Thorndyke digs for a bodyīook Description: After the great success of his latest expedition, the brilliant archaeologist John Bellingham returns from the sandy tombs of Egypt with enough ancient treasures to fill a wing at the British Museum. Reprinted by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1912, as The Vanishing Man. First UK edition by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1911 and first US edition by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1911. Desplazarse hacia abajo para acceder a la versión en español ![]()
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