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1. What is forensic medicine?
2. The doctor as witness in court.
3. Medical reports and statements.
4. The nature and definitions of death.
5. Death certification.
6. Medico-legal investigation of deaths.
7. The autopsy and its function.
8. The early changes after death.
9. The estimation of the time of death.
10. Post-mortem decomposition.
11. Identification.
12. Identity from teeth (forensic dentistry, odontology).
13. Blood stains, tests for blood, the individuality of blood.
14. The inheritance of blood groups, identification by DNA profiling, samples required for DNA profile testing.
15. The examination of wounds: the law and wounding, medical reports on wounding.
16. The examination of wounds: abrasions, bruises, contusions, lacerations.
17. The examination of wounds: incised wounds, punching, bite marks, kicking, defence injuries.
18. Duty of the doctor in wounding cases.
19. Head injuries: scalp injuries, skull fractures.
20. Head injuries: intracranial haemorrhage, brain damage.
21. Neck, spinal, chest and abdominal injuries.
22. Firearm and explosive injuries.
23. Murder, suicide or accident?
24. Road traffic injuries: pedestrians.
25. Road traffic injuries: car occupants, motor cycle and cycle injuries.
26. The medical examination of road traffic accidents.
27. Railway injuries, aircraft fatalities, mass disasters.
28. Obstructive asphyxia: suffocation (smothering), choking (gagging), aspiration of food.
29. Pressure on the neck: reflex cardiac arrest, throttling, ligature strangulation, hanging, traumatic asphyxia.
30. Immersion and drowning.
31. Effects of injury: haemorrhage, infection, embolism, ARDS.
32. Sudden death from natural causes: cardiovascular system.
33. Sudden death from natural causes: intracranial vascular lesions and epilepsy, respiratory system and asthma, gastrointestinal system, gynecological conditions.
34. Pregnancy and abortion: criminal abortion.
35. Death and injury in infancy: still-births, infanticide.
36. Death and injury in infancy: child abuse and neglect syndrome.
37. The estimation of maturity of a new-born baby or fetus.
38. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
39. The doctor's duty in the examination of sexual offences.
40. Neglect, starvation and abuse of human rights.
41. Thermal injuries: scalds, burning, hypothermia.
42. Electrical injury and death from lightning.
43. The ethics of medical practice: duties of physicians.
44. The ethics of medical practice: medical confidentiality, consent to medical treatment.
45. Medical malpractice.
46. General aspects of poisoning: accidental, suicidal and homicidal poisoning, the toxic and fatal dose, tolerance and idiosyncrasy.
47. The doctor‘s duty in suspected poisoning.
48. Samples required for toxicological analysis.
49. Alcohol: sources, absorption, elimination, measurement, effects.
50. Drinking and driving: scheme of examination for impairment of ability to drive.
51. Drugs of dependence and abuse: tolerance, dependence and withdrawal symptoms.
52. The dangers of drug dependence.
53. Heroin, morphine and other opioids abuse and poisoning.
54. Amphetamines, cocaine, cannabis, LSD, solvent abuse.
55. Medicinal poisons. Barbiturates and other hypnotics.
56. Corrosive and metallic poisons.
57. Agro-chemical poisons.
58. Gaseous poisons.
59. Miscellaneous poisons: strychnin, halogenated hydrocarbons, gasoline and kerosene, the glycols, nicotine.
60. Doctor at the scene of crime.