Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

For Classrooms and Courtrooms
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Description
Is the thoroughly revised edition of a unique text which is very popular among both
the undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, lawyers and judges, for its lucid and succinct presentation in the form of questions and answers. All efforts in the present edition have been made to retain the original flavour of Parikh, including the style of writing and expression. All relevant and important topics have been updated and many new colour photographs added and some old ones replaced. Topics like National Medical Commission, virtopsy, body-farming, POCSO Act, IPC, CIPC changes, autopsy techniques, cartap poisoning, disaster management, trauma, head injuries, RTA, Consumer Protection Act, Medical Negligence Act, Mental Health Act, etc. have been included to facilitate the readers in updating their knowledge. Fresh material has been added to the relevant questions. New questions like presumed consent, deceased organ donation, three-parent baby, hairdye poisoning, brasinolide, khat abuse, along with new photographs on snakes, trauma, asphyxia deaths, khat and mushrooms. The book aims to keep up its image as a reliable text in classrooms and courtrooms, besides serving as a handy guide to the members of investigating agencies and lawyers. The questions in the book are useful to the defence attorneys while examining the medical witnesses in cross-examination.
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Contents
Part I : Medical Jurisprudence
Section 1 
Chapter 1 : Introduction and Legal Procedure 
Chapter 2 : Law and Medicine
Part II : Forensic Medicine and Pathology
Section 2
Chapter 3 : Personal Identification
Chapter 4 : Identification in Mass Disadter
Chapter 5 : Medicolegal Autopsy
Chapter 6 : Autopsy on Decomposed Bodies, Mutilated Bodies,
                     Fragmentary Remains and Bones
Chapter 7 : Handing HIV-Infected and Hepatitis B Positive Bodies
Chapter 8 : Autopsy on Bodies Contaminated with Radioactive Compound
Chapter 9 : Postmortem Artifacts
 Chapter 10 : Exhumation
Section 3
Chapter 11 : Medicolegal Aspects of Death Investigation
Chapter 12 : Deaths from Asphyxia 
Chapter 13 : Violent Asphyxial Deaths
Chapter 14 : Deaths from Starvation, Cold and Heat
Chapter 15 : Anaphylactic Deaths
Section 4 
Chapter 16 : Mechanical Injuries-General Aspects
Chapter 17 : Firearms and Firearm Injuries
Chapter 18 : Injuries-Medicoligy Aspects
Chapter 19 : Trauma, Work Stress, and Disease
Chapter 20 : Regional Injuries
Chapter 21 : Transportation Injuries
Chapter 22 : Thermal Injuries
Chapter 23 : Violence in the Home
Section 5
Chapter 24 : Impotence, Sterility, Sterilization, and Artificial Insemination
Chapter 25 : Virginity, Pregnancy, and Delivery
Chapter 26 : Legitimancy
Chapter 27 : Natural Sexual Offences
Chapter 28 : Unnatural Sexual Offences
Chapter 29 : Sexual Perversion/Deviations 
Chapter 30 : Abortion
Chapter 31 : Infanticide
Chapter 32 : Cot Deaths or SIDS
Part III : Forensic Psychiatry
Section 6
Chapter 33 : Forensic Psychiatry
Part IV : Forensic Biology and Serology
Chapter 34 : Forensic Examination of Biological Fluids, Stains, and Other Materials 
Chapter 35 : Collection and Preservation of Biological Materials
Part V : Clinical and Forensic Toxicology
Chapter 36 : Introduction and Law Relating to Poisons
Chapter 37 : Toxicological Evidence
Chapter 38 : Common Household Poisons
Chapter 39 : Mineral Acids and Caustic Alkalis 
Chapter 40 : Organic Acids
Chapter 41 : Vegetable Acid Poisons
Section 4 
Chapter 42 : Non-Metallic Poisons
Chapter 43 : Metallic Poisons
Chapter 44 : Vegetable Poisons
Chapter 45 : Animal Poisons
Chapter 46 : Mechanical Poisons
Chapter 47 : Food Poisoning and Poisonous Foods
Section 10
Chapter 48 : Somniferous Poisons 
Chapter 49 : Drug Dependence
Chapter 50 : Inebriant  Poisons
Chapter 51 : Sedative and Hypnotics
Chapter 52 : Fuels 
Chapter 53 : Agrichemical Poisons
Chapter 54 : Deliriant Poisons
Chapter 55 : Spinal Poisons
Chapter 56 : Peripheral Nerve Poisons
Chapter 57 : Cardiac Poisons
Chapter 58 : Asphyxiants 
Part VI : Forensic Pharmacology
Chapter 59 : Analgesics and Antipyetics
Chapter 60 : Antihistaminics
Chapter 61 : Transquillisers
Chapter 62 : Antidepressants
Chapter 63 : Stimulants
Chapter 64 : Hallicinogens
Chapter 65 : Street Drugs and Designer Druges
Chapter 66 : Alphabetical Poisons
Part VII : Appendix
Section 12
Chapter 67 : Some Important Information 
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Author Details
C.K.Parikh
B.V.Subrahmanyam