NCJ Number
12227
Date Published
1973
Length
794 pages
Annotation
TECHNICAL REFERENCE VOLUME COVERING A BROAD SPECTRUM OF TOPICS WITHIN THE FIELDS OF TOXICOLOGY AND FORENSIC MEDICINE, WITH SPECIFIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES APPENDED.
Abstract
THE VOLUME, A RECENT UPDATE OF A TRADITIONAL BRITISH WORK IN FORENSIC MEDICINE, CONTAINS DETAILED INFORMATION ON MEDICAL ASPECTS OF THE VARIOUS CRIMINAL ACTS WHICH MAY COME WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE CORONER, PHYSICIAN OR FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE THE MEDICOLEGAL CONSIDERATIONS OF VARIOUS ACTS OF PARLIAMENT AND THE LAWS OF MEDICAL EVIDENCE IN BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES. APPENDIXES INCLUDE A TABLE SHOWING NORMAL LEVELS OF TRACE ELEMENTS WITHIN THE BODY AND A LISTING OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND TRADE NAMES OF A SELECTION OF BASIC DRUGS.