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*Define Autopsy
→ The word "Autos" means - self and "Opis" means - views.
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A Forensic pathologist performs it with the consent of the relatives of the deceased. There is
no need for any inquest report
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Eg:
Findings of heart in case of death due to
→ covid 19 in italy
Clotted blood in coronary blood vessels
Anticoagulant was added then
* Objectives of medicolegal autopsy
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9 : what are the informations you can furnish from a mutilated dead body on fragments?
Information we can furnish from a mutilated body are as follows -
1. Whether human on Fr animal- In such cases definite opinion can be given by performing
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precipitin test.
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2. Whether one or more bodies - this is determined by fitting together all separate parts.
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3. Sex - -
4. Аge
5. Stature- By studying long bones like humerus.
6. Identification
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of the dead body
7. Manner of separation of parts
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8. Time since death
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9. Cause of death:- By fracture of bones, bullet injuries in the skull, arsenic poisoning
10. Whether ante mortem or post · a mortem.
brief history about the deceased no history of the deceased but with a
request to the authority to perform autopsy
What are the medicolegal systems prevailing all over the world?
1. The Medical examiner's system - In the
USA & Japan, Canada.*
2. The coroner's system - Mumbai, India.
3. The continental system - In this subcontinent namely Bangladesh, India, Pakistan.
Write down the differences between medical legal autopsy and pathological autopsy
What are the conditions where authorized medical officer can refuse to hold the autopsy?
1.Absence of inquest report.
2. Absence of chalan.
3.Absence of Death certificate where available
4. Infectious diseases like AIDS.