Principles Of Forensic Medicine And Toxicology

Principles of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

Name: Principles of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
Edition: 1st
Author: Rajesh Bardale
Subject: Forensic Medicine
Language: English
Publisher: JAYPEE BROTHERS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS (P) LTD

Brief Introduction

It is with great pleasure that I am presenting the book, Principles of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. The book is primarily designed for undergraduates and presented in a simple and lucid language. For ease of students, conventional pattern has been modified whenever feasible and the contents are presented in point-wise manner. About 337 tables and about 638 photographs and flow charts are added for easy understanding and learning. Keeping with contemporary period, recent advances are included. A new chapter, Forensic Osteology, is added and aimed to cater theoretical and practical need of students. Latest trends in management of poisoned patients have been included. While preparing this textbook, I have consulted various textbooks and journals and I am indebted to these authors.

I hope this book will serve the purpose and help students to learn the subject in easy way. The suggestions and healthy criticism will be of immense help for future improvement of this book.

-Rajesh Bardale

Section A: Forensic Medicine

Legal Procedure
Medical Jurisprudence
Identification
Forensic Osteology
DNA Profiling
Medicolegal Autopsy
Death and Changes after Death
Injury: General Considerations and Biophysics
Mechanical Injury
Firearm Injuries and Bomb Blast Injuries
Regional Injuries
Road Traffic Accidents
Injury: Medicolegal Considerations
Thermal Injuries
Violent Asphyxia
Virginity, sexual offenses and Perversions
Impotence, Sterility and Sterilization
Pregnancy and Delivery
Abortion and Medical Termination of Pregnancy
Infant Deaths and Female Feticide
Legitimacy, Paternity and Medicolegal Aspects of Marriage Annulment
Assisted Reproduction
S tarvation
Euthanasia
Human Rights, Torture and Medical Ethics
Medicolegal Aspects of AIDS
Anesthetic and Operative Deaths
Medicolegal Aspects of Embalming
Forensic Psychiatry
Trace Evidences
Forensic Science Laboratory

Section B: Toxicology

Toxicology: General Considerations
Toxicology: Medicolegal Considerations
Corrosive Poisons
Inorganic Irritants: Non-metallic Poisons
Inorganic Irritants: Metallic Poisons
Organic Irritants: Plants and Vegetables
Organic Irritants: Animal Bites and Stings
Mechanical Irritants
Pesticides
Cardiac Poisons
Somniferous Poisons
Inebriant Poisons
Deliriant Poisons
Spinal Poisons
Peripheral Nerve Poisons
Asphyxiants
Food Poisoning
Drug Dependence and Abuse
War Gases

Index

Excerpts

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Death is inevitable! From ages it has been mourned. The process and agony of death has attracted many philosophers, scholars, saints, and literary people to put their views and each one had tried to defi ne death in their own way. With evolution of scientifi c temperament and development of medical science, attempts were made to defi ne death. Thanatology (Greek, thanatos = death, logus = science) is branch of medical science that deals with the study of death. Physician’s concept of death is total stoppage of circulation of blood with consequent cessation of vital functions. Black’s law dictionary (1968 edition) defi ned death as “the cessation of life, the ceasing to exist, defi ned by physicians as total stoppage of circulation of blood and cessation of the animal and vital functions consequent thereupon such as respiration, pulsation etc”. Shapiro (1969) defi nes death as “the irreversible loss of the properties of living matter”. Rentoul and Smith (1973) defi ned death as “complete and persistent cessation of respiration and circulation”.
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