FORENSIC MEDICINE

CHAPTER -1

• Forensic or legal medicine

• Medical jurisprudence

• Forensic pathology

• Medical ethics

• Medical etiquette

CHAPTER-2

• Police inquest

• Magistrate’s inquest

• Mention the di erent criminal courts in India and their powers.

• Powers of district and sessions judge.

• Summons (subpoena).

• Conduct money

• Dying declaration and dying deposition

• Expert witness

• Cross examination

• Describe in detail how witness is examined / procedure of recording

evidence in the court of law.

CHAPTER -3

• MCI ( NMC)

• State medical council

• Professional misconduct

• Duties of registered medical practitioner.

• Professional secrecy.

• Privileged communication

• Res Pisa loquitur.

• Contributory negligence

• Vicarious responsibility

• Euthanasia

• Consent in medical practice

• Informed consent

• Transplantation of human organs act.

CHAPTER -4

• De ne identity.mention various points to establish identity. Describe

ngerprint system (Dactylography) in detail.

• Intersex

• Male and female skull bone

• Describe medicolegal aspects of age.

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 • De ne identity .how will you give age from teeth? Write a note about
medicolegal importance of age

• Age from teeth / importance of Dentition.

• Di erence b/w temporary & permanent teeth.

• Gustafson’s method

• Rule of haze.

• Superimpose photography

• Tattoo marks

CHAPTER -5

• Di erence between medicolegal and pathological autopsy

• Objects & rules of medicolegal autopsy

• Preservation of viscera

• Exhumation

CHAPTER -6

• Somatic and molecular death.

• Brain stem death.

• Mechanism,causes , signs ,PM ndings of Asphyxia.

• De nition of death.

CHAPTER -7

• De ne death .mention point wise the immediate &early signs of death on

clinical examination of an individual.

• Post-mortem lividity

• Rigor mortis

• Putrefaction

• Adipocere

• Mummi cation

CHAPTER -8

• De ne injury medically &legally .classify injury.Discuss di erent type of

injuries caused by sharp cutting weapon.

• Classify injuries .write in detail about abrasions.

• Bruise(contusion)

• Lacerated wound

• Entry &exit wounds in rearm injuries

• Ri ing of rearms.

• Di erence between antemortem &. Post Morton wounds.

• Features of self in icted injuries.

• Determination of time since injury.

CHAPTER -9

• Type of skull fractures.

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 • Types of intracranial hemorrhage.

• Cause of death in Road / Tra c accidents.

• Whiplash injury.

CHAPTER -10

• Grievous injury

• Dowry death

• Subdural hemorrhage.

CHAPTER -11

• Rule of 9 in burns.

• Causes of death in burns.

• Describe the PM changes in death due to burns.

• Antemortem & post Morton burns.

• Scald.

• Complication of burns.

• Joule burn.

CHAPTER-12

• Starvation

CHAPTER-13

• De ne asphyxia .Describe causes of death .post mortem ndings & medico

legal aspects of HANGING.

• LIgature mark of hanging.

• Strangulation.

• Ligature mark of starngulation.

• Di erence b/w hanging and strangulation.

• Discuss medicolegal importance of hyoid bone.

• Smothering

• Cafe coronary.

• Traumatic asphyxia.

• De ne drowning.mention mechanism cause of death , post mortem ndings

& medicolegal aspects in case of DROWNING.

• DRY drowning

• Diatoms .

• SCUBA DEATH.

CHAPTER-15

• Impotence

• Arti cial insemination

• Di erence b/w AIH & AID

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• Hymen & it’s Type.

• Virginity

• True & false virginity

• PNDT act; 1994

• Positive signs of pregnancy

CHAPTER-17

• MTP act ,1971

• Criminal abortion.

• MTP act + PM ndings in case of criminal abortion.

• Methods of criminal abortion.

CHAPTER -18

• De nition of rape .

• De nition of rape.Describe examination of victim of rape including collection

of samples and the dispatch

• Examination of hair in sexual assault.

• Incest

• Sodomy

• Sadism

• Sexual deviation.

CHAPTER -19

• Infanticide.

• Still born child.

• Hydrostatic test.

• Act of omission by doctor.

CHAPTER -20

• DNA. Fingerprinting.

CHAPTER-22

• Role of forensic science lab.

• Locard’s principle

CHAPTER-23

• Hallucinations

• Delirium

• Delusion

• Lucid interval

• Testamentary capacity.

• MC Naughten rule

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 TOXICOLOGY

CHAPTER -24

• Ideal suicidal poisons.

• Ideal homicidal poisons.

• Classi cation of poisons.

• De ne toxicology . Describe general line of treatment when poison is not

known.

• General line treatment of a case of acute poisoning.

• Gastric lavage .

• B.A.L [ (Dimercaprol) ( British Anti lewisite ) ]

• Universal antidote

• Laboratory diagnosis of poisoning.

• What are the duties of medical practitioners in case of suspected

poisoning?

CHAPTER-25

• Describe signs ,symptoms,fatal dose,fatal period,PM nding & Medicolegal

aspects of OP poisoning.

• Treatment of OP poisoning

• Aluminium phosphide poisoning.

CHAPTER -26

• PM ndings in a case of death,due to corrosive poisoning.

• H2So4 poisoning.

• Vitriolage.

• HCL ( Muriatic Acid ) poisoning.

• Treatment of HCL poisoning.

• Oxalic acid ( Acid of Sugar , salt of sorrel ) poisoning.

• Carbolic acid ( phenol) poisoning.

• Carboluria.

CHAPTER-27

• Acute arsenic poisoning.

• Di erence b/w arsenic poisoning & cholera.

• Hatter’s shake.

• Chronic lead poisoning (plumbing)

• CuSO4 poisoning

• Potassium permanganate (KMno4).

CHAPTER-28

• Phossy jaw

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• Ricinus communist poisoning (castor plant)

• Toxalbumin

• Arbus precatorius(Rati)

• Semecarpus anacardium ( Making nuts , Bhilwara)

• Treatment of snake bite poisoning

• Di erence b/w poisonous and non poisonous snakes.

CHAPTER-30

• Delirium tremens.

• Methyl alcohol poisoning.

• Treatment of methyl poisoning.

• Acute alcohol poisoning.

• Di erent alcohol beverages.

• Barbiturate poisoning.

• Kerosene poisoning.

CHAPTER-31

• LSD ( lysergic Acid Diethylamide).

CHAPTER-32

• Di erence b/w Datura seed and chilli seeds.

• Signs , symptoms,Treatment of Datura poisoning.

• Di erent forms of cannabis Indica.

• Rum amok.

• Cocaine.

CHAPTER-33

• Drug addiction & Drug Habit

CHAPTER-34

• Nix comica poisoning

CHAPTER-35

• Aconite

CHAPTER-36

• Carbon monoxide poisoning.

• Cyanide poisoning.

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CHAPTER-38

• Food poisoning