NCJ Number
89291
Date Published
1983
Length
236 pages
Annotation
Attorneys in personal injury cases will find this atlas helpful for instructing juries on medical, surgical, and anatomical matters.
Abstract
The atlas also provides attorneys with the materials and information they need to work with medical experts and illustrators on the effective preparation of personal injury cases. Reproducible line drawings and correlated descriptions of all major human anatomical structures are provided. The drawings are grouped into sections on the head and neck, the thorax, the abdomen, the pelvis, the upper extremity, and the lower extremity, and the lower extremity. Each chapter includes all pertinent perspectives, sections, and parts; for example, the thorax is presented with views from above, from the right and left sides, and from the back. Its superficial and deep muscles are drawn from the front and back. A cross section of the chest wall is provided, and the lungs and trachea, pleural cavity, and diaphragm are detailed. Additional drawings depict the heart from the outside and inside, the opened chest from both left and right sides, the chest in cross section, and the female breast. This thoroughness is characteristic of all presentations in the atlas. The atlas further provides authoritative discussions on selecting the media that best illustrate the injury in question and on the presentation of medical details in a manner that conveys to the person and juror the causes and extent of an injury. (Publisher abstract modified)