Textbook of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Elsevier Health Sciences APAC, 6th ed (Online-Ausg.) edition, (2014)Abstract
Front cover; Front matter; Textbook of forensic medicine & toxicology; Principles & practice; Copyright; Dedication; Foreword; Preface to the 6 edition; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; 1 Introduction to forensic medicine and indian legal system; Legal procedure at an inquest; Police inquest; Procedure; Magistrate's inquest; Medical examiner's system; Juvenile justice board; Medical evidence; Documentary evidence; Oral evidence; Dying declaration; Eligibility of statements; Statements: Written or verbal; Circumstances of transaction that resulted in death ; Proximity between time of statement and that of deathPerson to whom dying declaration should be made; More than one dying declarations; Incomplete dying declaration; Dying declaration need not be exhaustive; Procedure for examination of a witness in the court; Summons; Attendance in response to summons; Oath taking; Perjury; Recording of evidence; Examination-in-chief; Cross-examination; Re-examination; Question(s) by the court; Kinds of witnesses; Common/ordinary witness; An expert witness; Doctor in the witness box; Punctuality and demeanour; Be fair and frank; Clarity of the subject matter ; Speak clearly and coolly, but not coldlyGive direct answers wherever possible, and answer only the question asked; Never lose temper; Volunteering a statement; In cases of malpractice; 2 Medicolegal autopsy, exhumation, obscure autopsy, anaphylactic deaths and artefacts; Medicolegal autopsy; Objectives; Preliminaries to a medicolegal autopsy; Clothing; Examination of the body; External examination; Internal examination; Skull and brain; Spine and spinal cord; Neck; Thorax; Heart: Dissection ; Lungs ; Abdomen; Stomach ; Intestines ; Liver ; Pancreas ; Spleen ; Kidneys ; Bladder ; Prostate and testes Uterus ; Ancillary investigations; Histological examination; Microbiological samples/specimens; Biochemical examination; Selection of viscera in cases of suspected poisoning; Instructions for packing and transmission; Embalming; Medicolegal considerations ; Disposal of the body; Examination of decomposed bodies; Exhumation; Objectives; Precautions; Procedure; Second autopsy; Obscure autopsy; AIDS and autopsies; Autopsy preparation; Precautions in the autopsy room and laboratory; Universal blood and body fluid precautions; After completion of autopsy; Disinfectants ; Anaphylactic deathsAnaphylactoid reactions; Autopsy findings; Diagnosis at autopsy; Medicolegal considerations; Artefacts; Therapeutic artefacts; Agonal artefacts; Postmortem artefacts; Artefacts induced by transportation/storage/handling, etc.; Artefacts induced by embalming, decomposition, etc.; Artefacts induced by predators or deliberate mutilation/dismemberment by the criminals; Artefacts induced by improper autopsy procedures; Heat effects; 3 Identification; Medicolegal aspects of identity; Identification in the living; Identification of the dead; Age ; Age of the foetus and the newborn infant
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