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POSTMORTEM- 1
A body aged aged 30 yrs old found tied of in still box lying
near a bridge. On the PM examination the length of the body was
160 cm, face was found flashed, eyes were closed & congested &
lips were blue. Body was cold, rigor mortis present on the lower
limb. A transverse brownish hard & parchment like ligature
mark broad was found encircling the neck & passing over the
wind pipe. There were abrasion about the margin of the mark. A
similar mark 5 found across the side of the neck above the
first mark. A 3rd mark 2 was found 1 below 2nd mark.
Larynx & trachea were congested & lungs were congested &
exudates dark fuid flood on section.
Q. a) Mention time since death
Q. b) Age of injury present on the body
Q. c) Cause of death whether death due to homicide, suicide,
accident
ANSWER
a) 24-36hr
since RM is present only on lower limb so
time since death is >24hrs
b) 5-10min
c) Homicide Strangulation
Multiple ligature marks are present on neck
which may be due
to strangulation.
POSTMORTEM-2
A body of the Mahamadan boy aged 16yrs lying on the roof of the
bunglow, the face was swollen, tongue was protruded, abdomen
& scrotum swollen, body covered with a blister & emitting foul
smell.
O/E, following injury were found-
1) A bruise- on the.nostril
2) A bruise- across thelower limb
3) A bruise- upper limb
4) A semicircular & curve bruise 3 obliquely along the face
extending b/w the malar bone & angle of the mouth
5) Six bruises varying in the elbow
Inside the mouth & lips were livid & congested & exudates was
dark frothy blood. There were patches of subpleural ecchymosis
On the lungs and on the pericaridum.
Q. a) Time since death
Q. b) Cause of death
Q. c) Death was homicidal, suicidal or accidental
ANSWER
a) 36 to 48hrs
since the body was swollen, blister & foul smell
(blister formation appear after 36-48hrs after
death)
c) Homicidal
- bruises around mouth & nostril
- lungs are congested &
- ecchymosis over pleura & pericardium
POSTMORTEM-3
A Hindu male aged 60yrs was found floating in water, face was
downwards, hypostasis was red in colour & present on chest,
abdomen & fixed. Bloody froth coming out from the nostril,
weeds & gravel found tightly in the hand. Cutis anserina present
on the skin.
b) Drowning
D/D: Opium poisoning, Decompostion, Tetanus,
Snake bite, Organophosphorous poisoning,
Epilesy, Drowning
c) 7 months
POST MORTEM-6
A burnt body of a woman aged 40yrs brought to the mortuary.
Body was in pugilistic attitude & except the face, left hand,
& perineal region, there were deep burn. There were lacerated
looking wound on the skin & various places without any
bleeding & rupture of blood vessels, fracture of the skull bone
on the both side & curve fracture present on the long bones &
soots were present on the trachea.
Q. a) Burn is antemortem/postmortem
Q. b) Extend of burn
Q. c) Cause of injuries present on the skin & bones
Q. d) Injuries were antemortem or postmortem
ANSWER
a) Antemortem
soot + in trachea surest sign of AM burn
b) By rule of 9
= 81% burn (face, left hand, perineal region)