ISSN:0195-7910    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1980

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0195-7910    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1980

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

After Stalin told President Truman at Potsdam, July 17, 1945, that Hitler got away, a secret U.S. mission was designated to establish anthropological skull projections pertinent to a potential recovery of Hitler's remains, i.e., by experimentally eliminating the “flesh.” Then, conversely, in 1972, when one of the two skulls unearthed next to the Lehrter Railroad station in West Berlin (where Hitler's physician and Bormann had last been seen alive on May 2, 1945), an attempt was made to put facial flesh back on the skull with a view to reconstruct the original facial physiognomy of Martin Bormann. All things considered, it will be documented that the only convincing forensic evidence of Hitler's and Bormann's deaths proved to be the dental data.

ISSN:0195-7910    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1980

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

This paper reviews some of the types of autocrotic death which have been reported and some of the psychodynamic principles which are associated with them. As cases involving females have never been reported, this presentation offers some opportunity to see how psychiatric insight assisted police investigation of an autocrotic death. Crime scene sketching and photographic evidence complement the case material so that the reader can feel he is at the crime scene. A comparison between male and female autocrotic deaths is made.

ISSN:0195-7910    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1980

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Both the laboratory and the pathologist are frequently involved in medicolegal cases. A relatively infrequent though important example is the case involving study of gunshot wounds in surgical pathology. Procedures for the proper gross and microscopic examination of gunshot wound specimens have been documented in the literature, and are briefly reviewed. A protocol for documenting the chain of custody for physical evidence recovered in these cases must be strictly observed in each department of surgical pathology. A large hospital's surgical pathology files contained 70 gunshot wound cases for 1969–1978. Review employing Adelson's reference work revealed correct microscopic findings and diagnosis in 90% of specimens, the 11 errors all failures to recognize gunpowder residue in tissues. There were nine specimens of physical evidence. Two errors were made in the gross examination of these specimens, and despite a chain-of-custody protocol pathologists failed to adequately document 44% of them. The surgical pathologist has available ample resources for studying gunshot wound specimens. Using them he can correctly interpret most cases, at the same time fulfilling his medicolegal obligations.

ISSN:0195-7910    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1980

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Heterotopic epithelial replacement (so-called “mesothelioma”) of the atrioventricular node is a rare cause of congenital heart block and sudden death; only about 50 cases have been reported in the literature in predominantly female patients ranging in age from infancy to 86 years. The lesion is virtually impossible to diagnose clinically and can be recognized at postmortem only by histologic examination of the atrioventricular conduction tissue. A unique case is reported since the patient, a young, asymptomatic woman, was chosen by chance as the subject of an electrophysiologic study of bradycardia 6 years before her sudden death. The morphologic (light-and electron-microscopic) findings of the atrioventricular node studied at autopsy were supportive of heterotopic epithelial origin of the lesion. The disputed histogenesis is briefly discussed.

ISSN:0195-7910    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1980

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

The Big Thompson Flood of 1976 yielded a known death toll of 139. The temporary morgue set up was successful in personally identifying all of the bodies. This effort was made possible by the fortuitous presence of the three scientists necessary for such an operation, to wit, the forensic pathologist, a forensic odontologist, and a forensic anthropologist. An outcome of the morgue effort was the establishment of the Center for Human Identification.Many law enforcement agencies and county emergency disaster offices in the country contacted the morgue directors for advice on how to cope with similar disasters. It would appear that there are no state or federal statutes or planning in the area of body identification. One function of the Center at CSU is to advise on just how a total effort in body identification can be effected.

ISSN:0195-7910    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1980

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

The dangers posed by herbicidal chemicals to organisms and the environment are pointed out in this review of their development beginning in World War II. In particular, the toxic results of the spraying of dioxin (Agent Orange) in Vietnam are detailed, with corroborating data from clinical and field studies and reports of related industrial accidents. Despite a recent ban imposed on all dioxin-containing herbicides by the Environmental Protection Agency, widespread domestic use of herbicides continues and acceptance of the dangers is incomplete. As a result, forensic scientists must remain alert to potential hazards stemming from the use of these contaminants in their communities at least until strict federal regulatory legislation can be enacted.

ISSN:0195-7910    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1980

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Two homicidal cases are reported with prolonged survival after injury. In one case there was a 33-hour survival and the other had a 9-hour survival before death. In both cases there was severe injury to the brain: in one by blunt force and in the other by penetrating injury by firearm. Blood and urine alcohol levels in these cases were low or negative.The blood clot is another potential resource for information in an unnatural death investigation where intoxication is suspected or indicated by the behavior of the victim.

ISSN:0195-7910    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1980

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0195-7910    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1980

数据来源: OVID