FORENSIC
MEDICINE
,SL. NO CHAPTERS PG. NO
1. ALCOHOL 1
2. ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION 24
3. ASPHYXIA 28
4. ASPHYXIANTS 52
5. BLOOD 61
6. CARDIAC POISONS 75
7. CORROSIVE POIONS 81
8. DELIRIANT POISONS 93
9. DELIVERY 107
10. FIREARMS 110
11. FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY 142
12. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TOXICOLOGY 163
13. IDENTIFICATION 194
14. IMPOTENCE 237
15. INFANTICIDE 239
16. INSECTICIDES 262
17. IRRITANTS 273
18. LEGAL PROCEDURE 300
19. MECHANICAL INJURIES 329
20. MEDICAL ETHICS 346
21. MEDICO-LEGAL AUTOPSY 385
22. MEDICO-LEGAL ASPECTS OF INJURIES 408
23. PREGNANCY 424
24. REGIONAL INJURIES 427
25. SEX RELATED CRIMES 449
26. SOMNIFEROUS POISONS 477
27. SPINAL POISONS 486
28. SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DRUG ABUSE 488
29. THANATOLOGY 490
30. TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS 529
31. VIRGINITY 544
32.
,
, ALCOHOL
“The injurious effects of alcohol must not be construed as the result of the use of a
bad thing; it is actually the result of abuse of a good thing” – Abraham Lincoln
Alcohol has had an important role in societies throughout history. Its use has ranged
from social to religious to medical. In the middle ages alchemists believed that alcohol
was a remedy for practically all diseases. In fact, a French professor in the thirteenth
century dubbed alcohol "aqua vitae," meaning "water of life". It is now recognized that
the therapeutic value of ethanol is extremely limited and that chronic consumption of
excessive amounts is a major source of social and medical problems.
Alcohol along with ether, chloroform, nitrous oxide etc belongs to inebriant poisons.
Inebriants are a group of poisons which are characterized by two sets of symptoms,
excitement and narcosis. It is very important to recognize the state of ‘drunkenness’ as
the person in this state is not only dangerous to himself but to others too. While
examining a person for the certification of drunkenness it is also important to rule out a
number of conditions which mimic the state of drunkenness. Commonly the term
alcohol is synonymously used with 'Ethyl Alcohol'.
DESCRIPTION OF TERMINOLOGIES
Social drinker - drinks occasionally or regularly in moderation.
Heavy drinker - drinks regularly and heavily.
Binge drinker - drinks irregularly and heavily.
Alcohol abuser ("problem drinker"): This is an alcoholic related disability which still has
not advanced to the stage of alcohol dependence.
Alcohol dependence - This is a state where there is a plethora of symptoms of physical
or mental disturbance on depriving the person of alcohol.
Rectified spirit - 95% ethanol.
Dr. Francis N.P. Monteiro, Professor of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology 1
A.J. Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Mangalore, @ Mobile: +91-9448327389
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MEDICINE
,SL. NO CHAPTERS PG. NO
1. ALCOHOL 1
2. ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION 24
3. ASPHYXIA 28
4. ASPHYXIANTS 52
5. BLOOD 61
6. CARDIAC POISONS 75
7. CORROSIVE POIONS 81
8. DELIRIANT POISONS 93
9. DELIVERY 107
10. FIREARMS 110
11. FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY 142
12. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TOXICOLOGY 163
13. IDENTIFICATION 194
14. IMPOTENCE 237
15. INFANTICIDE 239
16. INSECTICIDES 262
17. IRRITANTS 273
18. LEGAL PROCEDURE 300
19. MECHANICAL INJURIES 329
20. MEDICAL ETHICS 346
21. MEDICO-LEGAL AUTOPSY 385
22. MEDICO-LEGAL ASPECTS OF INJURIES 408
23. PREGNANCY 424
24. REGIONAL INJURIES 427
25. SEX RELATED CRIMES 449
26. SOMNIFEROUS POISONS 477
27. SPINAL POISONS 486
28. SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DRUG ABUSE 488
29. THANATOLOGY 490
30. TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS 529
31. VIRGINITY 544
32.
,
, ALCOHOL
“The injurious effects of alcohol must not be construed as the result of the use of a
bad thing; it is actually the result of abuse of a good thing” – Abraham Lincoln
Alcohol has had an important role in societies throughout history. Its use has ranged
from social to religious to medical. In the middle ages alchemists believed that alcohol
was a remedy for practically all diseases. In fact, a French professor in the thirteenth
century dubbed alcohol "aqua vitae," meaning "water of life". It is now recognized that
the therapeutic value of ethanol is extremely limited and that chronic consumption of
excessive amounts is a major source of social and medical problems.
Alcohol along with ether, chloroform, nitrous oxide etc belongs to inebriant poisons.
Inebriants are a group of poisons which are characterized by two sets of symptoms,
excitement and narcosis. It is very important to recognize the state of ‘drunkenness’ as
the person in this state is not only dangerous to himself but to others too. While
examining a person for the certification of drunkenness it is also important to rule out a
number of conditions which mimic the state of drunkenness. Commonly the term
alcohol is synonymously used with 'Ethyl Alcohol'.
DESCRIPTION OF TERMINOLOGIES
Social drinker - drinks occasionally or regularly in moderation.
Heavy drinker - drinks regularly and heavily.
Binge drinker - drinks irregularly and heavily.
Alcohol abuser ("problem drinker"): This is an alcoholic related disability which still has
not advanced to the stage of alcohol dependence.
Alcohol dependence - This is a state where there is a plethora of symptoms of physical
or mental disturbance on depriving the person of alcohol.
Rectified spirit - 95% ethanol.
Dr. Francis N.P. Monteiro, Professor of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology 1
A.J. Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Mangalore, @ Mobile: +91-9448327389
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