Forensic Medicine &

Toxicology
Dr. P.C. Ignatius MD
Forensic Medicine &
Toxicology
Syllabus based book for MBBS & MD Students
Dr. P.C. Ignatius MD

contents
Section One
Jurisprudence and Forensic Medicine

1. Introduction 1
2. Legal procedures 6
3. Death and changes after death 17
4. Medicolegal autopsy and exhumation 46
5. Identity 68
6. Mechanical injuries 119
7. Gunshot wounds & explosion injuries 144
8. Regional injuries 170
9. Transportation injuries 196
10. Thermal injuries 207
11. Electrical injuries, lightning & radiation 222
12. Medicolegal aspects of injuries 229
13. Asphyxial deaths 243
14. Starvation 288
15. Sudden death 292
16. Anesthetic deaths 299
17. Postmortem artefacts 302-304
18. Impotence and sterility 305
19. Sexual offences 314
20. Examination of stains and scene of crime 332
21. Virginity, pregnancy, delivery, legitimacy 344
22. Abortion 355
23. Infanticide 362
24. Forensic psychiatry 378
25. Medical law and ethics 395
26. Newer techniques and recent advances 416
Forensic Medicine &
Toxicology
Dr. P.C. Ignatius MD

Section Two
Toxicology

1. General considerations of toxicology 118

2. Corrosive poisons 428
3. Metallic poisons 441
4. Non-metallic poisons 455
5. Alcohols 457
6. Agricultural poisons 471
7. Toxic plants 482
8. Cardiac poisons 491
9. Deliriants 501
10. Cerebral stimulants 508
11. Somniferous drugs 511
12. Sedatives and hypnotics 516
13. Drug dependence 519
14. Medicinal poisons 525
15. Spinal poisons 529
16. Irrespirable gases 530
17. Animal irritants 535
18. Food poisoning 555
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Dr. P.C. Ignatius MD
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Toxicology
Dr. P.C. Ignatius MD
Forensic Medicine &
Toxicology
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Forensic Medicine &
Toxicology
Dr. P.C. Ignatius MD
Forensic Medicine &
Toxicology
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Dr. P.C. Ignatius MD
Forensic Medicine &
Toxicology
Dr. P.C. Ignatius MD
Forensic Medicine &
Toxicology
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Dr. P.C. Ignatius MD
Forensic Medicine &
Toxicology
Dr. P.C. Ignatius MD