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HANDBOOK OF FORENSIC MEDICINE, PART 1 - MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE, SECTION 2 - MEDICOLEGAL ASPECTS OF DEATH. 2D ED.

NCJ Number
40709
Author(s)
C K PARIKH
Date Published
1975
Length
112 pages
Annotation
GUIDE TO APPLYING FORENSIC PRINCIPLES TO INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES THAT INVOLVE ESTABLISHING THE FACT OF DEATH AND CAUSES OF DEATH.
Abstract
THE ILLUSTRATED MANUAL INCLUDES CASE REPORTS OF PERSONS WHO DIED UNDER VARYING CIRCUMSTANCES. THE FOLLOWING MODES OF DEATH ARE COVERED: SUDDEN DEATH; HANGING; STRANGULATION; THROTTLING; SUFFOCATION; DROWNING; AND DEATHS FROM STARVATION, COLD, AND HEAT. THE MANUAL IS INTENDED AS EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FOR STUDENTS AND TO FAMILIARIZE PERSONNEL CONNECTED WITH THE LAW WITH MEDICOLEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR RELATED MATERIAL, SEE NCJ-40710....KAP