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The Postmortem Examination in Cases of Suspected Homicide

February 18, 2019August 23, 2017 by admin

The postmortem examination in cases of suspected homicide represents one of the most important applications of medicolegal science to the needs of the community. Its proper performance is of paramount concern to those agencies of government responsible for law enforcement and the effective administration of justice. In view "of the desire of the medical and legal professions, increasingly evident in recent years, to improve the standards and quality of medicolegal practice throughout the country, it was considered timely and appropriate to review again the subject of the postmortem examination in cases of homicide, and to point out what is expected in the way of performance of the person entrusted with it. In a paper published several years ago, the author described and discussed the routine procedures necessary in such examinations.' Inadequacies of Medicolegal Agencies and of the Statutes Pertaining to Them At present, in most sections of the country, the postmortem investigation of homicide is... inexpertly and

An Approach For Removal Of Brain, Brain Stem With Spinal Cord…

February 8, 2019July 26, 2017 by admin

Introduction :

The procedure adopted, so long, for removal of brain entails circumferencial cut across the skull, (beginning with removal of scalp enmasse and then a saw cut around the bare skull bones). The procedure not infrequently results in some of the nerve roots being severed with inevitable damage to the brain stem and more importantly a clear exposure of the posterior fossa is not possible an obvious limitation of the conventional procedure. In view of the above, a new approach albeit an alternative approach for removal of brain with or without spinal cord has been contemplated and this is being practised in this department with good results. Materials & Methods: Cadavers numbering twenty (20), only those with sound physical signs of good embalming were selected for this study. The cadavers were dissected in a span of two (2) years. The work started in North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling, West Bengal and carried forward in R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, West Beng...