Forensic Medicine

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New books 29-10-2012

This article covers the following topics: Duty of Procurator fiscal to enquire into deaths, Deaths to be reported to the Procurator Fiscal, Deaths Under Medical Care/Medical Mishap, Deaths of Persons Receiving Dental Treatment, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Post Perinatal Infant Mortality, Control of a Dead Body, Decision to Instruct and Autopsy, Medical Research � Hospital Autopsy, Choice of Medical Experts, Deaths where there is a Possibility of Criminal Proceedings, Identification of Body, Extent of Examination, Attendance at Autopsy, Human Tissue Act 1961, Where the Procurator Fiscal consents to the removal of parts of the body and Persistant Vegetative State.

This guide explains the following topics: Medicolegal Death Investigation, Forensic Autopsies, Standard Identification Procedures, External Examinations: General Procedures and Specific Procedures, Internal Examination, Ancillary Tests and Support Services.

This book covers the following topics: Age of the foetus, Kinds of death peculiar to newborn children, Death of the child subsequent to birth, Instruction in forensic medicine, The forensic medical officials Statutory regulations, The medico-legal investigation, Disputed Sexual Relations, Disputed loss of virginity and Disputed delivery.

Forensic medicine is also called Medical Jurisprudence or Legal Medicine and includes all questions which bring medical matters into relation with the law. It deals therefore with (1) crimes and (2) civil injuries.

This book covers the following topics: Forensic Medico-legal Procedures, Asphyxia, Poisoning, Wounds, Injuries and Firearms, Natural Causes of Sudden Death.

This book covers the following topics related to forensic medicine and toxicology: Modes of Dying, Sudden Death, Signs op Death, Post-mortem Examinations and Exhumations, Blood Stains, Spectra, and Biological Tests, Burns and Scalds, Contusions and Bruises, Suffocation, Hanging, Strangling, and Throttling, Death from Starvation, Cold and Heat, Lightning and Electricity, Infanticide, Live Birth, Cause of Death to the Fcetus, Inheritance, Legitimacy, Mental unsoundness. General Symptoms of Insanity, Mania, Melancholia, Dementia, Restraint of the Insane.