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 CD-ROM, Multi-User Version
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Edited By
S. Pollak, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany
P. Saukko, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Description
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.
The differences in legislation, medicolegal systems and
the variations in autopsy frequencies in different countries have great influence on how this type of knowledge can be acquired and accumulated
during a given training period or professional career. Although nothing can completely replace personal experience in the learning process,
it can be supported and made easier by means of good visualisation of the problems in question.
This CD-ROM atlas illustrates and gives
good visual coverage of the various frequently encountered aspects of natural and violent deaths, to remind of the limitations and pitfalls
in interpretation of the findings, as well as to demonstrate other more rarely seen cases and injuries of forensic importance in the
living.
The Atlas of Forensic Medicine is a CD-ROM database containing more than 1600 images of forensic pathological cases with descriptions.
These include deaths by violence, suicide, natural deaths and accidents, as well as examinations of living persons. Each image in the
database has a number of attributes that together classify the content of the image. Typical attributes are Chapter (categorising the
images into chapters and sub-chapters), Body region, Cause of death, Mode of death, Object (weapons, clothing etc.).
The Atlas of Forensic
Medicine CD-ROM is the first of its kind in this area. Paper-based atlases have been published previously, but not containing as many
images as this CD-ROM. The information is easily and intuitively accessible to a wide range of potential users.
Audience
Will be of great interest to both experts and novices in all branches of legal medicine and criminalistics!
Contents
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.
Bibliographic & ordering Information
CD-ROM, publication date: JUL-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-82597-1
ISBN-10: 0-444-82597-5
Imprint: ELSEVIER
049/435
Last update: 25 Aug 2008
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