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TITLE Atlas of Forensic Medicine
ISBN 0-444-82597-5
URL Hyperlink
AUTHORS Pollak, S.;Dickens, P.;Saukko, P.;Leadbeatter, S.
EDITION
VOLUME
PAGES
IMPRINT Elsevier
BINDING CD
DESCRIPTION CD-ROM. Forensic Medicine, probably more than any other speciality in medicine, has to deal with all aspects of life and death. A forensic pathologist frequently faces circumstances and cases of death that very few other medical specialists ever meet during their whole professional careers and that most laymen do not even know exist. The knowledge of these aspects of human behaviour is of paramount importance for the forensic specialist, who faces these problems when examining the living or the dead. For instance when he has to differentiate between sudden unexpected natural deaths and violent deaths or between suicide, accident and homicide. This differentiation is often very difficult and presupposes a long professional experience and correct interpretation of sometimes very subtle and minute changes, which at first sight or with less experience may appear to be negligible and unimportant.
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TOC 1. The scene of death.
2. Post-mortem changes.
2.1 Supravitality.
2.2 Hypostasis.
2.3 Rigor mortis.
2.4 Decomposition.
2.5 Adipocere.
2.6 Mummification.
2.7 Injuries caused by insects or animals.
2.8 Others.
3. Identification.
3.1 Odontology.
3.2 X-ray.
3.3 Tattoos.
3.4 Post-traumatic and post-operative changes.
3.5 Others.
4. Sudden natural death.
4.1 Cardiovascular diseases.
4.2 Respiratory diseases.
4.3 Gastrointestinal diseases.
4.4 Diseases of the CNS.
4.5 SIDS.
4.6 Others.
5. Blunt trauma.
5.1 Bruises, Abrasions, Lacerations.
5.2 Head injury.
5.2 Injury to internal organs.
6. Sharp trauma.
6.1 Cuts.
6.2 Stab wounds.
6.3 Chop wounds.
6.4 Impalement.
7. Injuries due to guns and explosives.
7.1 Hand guns.
7.2 Rifles.
7.3 Shotguns.
7.4 Slaughterer's guns.
7.5 Other shooting devices.
7.6 Explosives.
8. Mechanical asphyxia.
8.1 Smothering.
8.2 Choking.
8.3 Traumatic asphyxia.
8.4 Manual strangulation.
8.5 Ligature strangulation.
8.6 Hanging.
8.7 Drowning.
8.8 Sexual asphyxias.
9. Burns and scalds.
10. Electrical fatalities.
10.1 Low-voltage burns.
10.2 High-voltage burns.
10.3 Lightning.
11. Hypothermia.
12. Traffic injuries.
12.1 Pedestrian.
12.2 Vehicle occupant.
12.3 Pedal and motor cyclis.
12.4 Railway injuries.
12.5 Aircraft accidents.
12.6 Water traffic accidents.
13. Abortion.
14. Infanticide.
15. Fatal child abuse.
16. Deaths associated with sexual offences.
17. Systemic response to trauma.
18. Poisonings.
18.1 Drug related deaths.
18.2 Other poisonings.
19. Clinical forensic medicine.
19.1 Child abuse.
19.2 Sexual offences.
19.3 Self-inflicted injuries.
19.4 Others.
20. Miscellaneous.
SUBJECT Forensic Medicine
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SUPER AREA Medicine


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