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    This document provides an overview of the topics covered in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. It includes sections on forensic medicine topics like identification, injuries, and medicolegal aspects of sex and marriage. It also covers general toxicology, classes of poisons like corrosives, irritants, and neurotoxic poisons. For each topic, it lists key subtopics and learning objectives to focus study. The document aims to guide students on the important concepts, definitions, and procedures within forensic medicine and toxicology.

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    Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

    Forensic Medicine
    Introduction and Legal Procedures
    Courts and Their Powers
    SN

    1. Subpoena* (Pg. 5)
    2. Cross Examination (Pg. 7)
    3. Recording of Evidence in a Court of Law (Pg. 6)

    Inquest
    SN

    1. Inquest

    LAQ

    1. Inquest - types prevalent in India, Medical Examiners System (Pg. 10)

    Medical Evidence
    LAQ

    1. Medical Evidence - define, types, Documentary Evidence - write in detail (Pg. 14)
    2. Dying Declaration (Pg. 18)

    Medical Jurisprudence
    SN

    1. Privileged Communication** - define, Circumstances where disclosure of


    professional secrets is justified*
    2. Infamous Conduct* in professional respect (Pg. 36); Professional Misconduct -
    define, six examples
    3. Functions of MCI (Pg. 28)
    4. Euthanasia (Pg. 54)
    5. Consent (Pg 50)
    6. Vicarious Liability (Pg. 41)
    7. Res Ipsa Loquitur* (Pg. 38)

    LAQ

    1. Negligence in Medical Practice*** - define, Civil and Criminal Negligence -


    differentiate**, Defences available to Medical Practitioner against Charge of
    Negligence**; Essential Elements, Defences against Medical Negligence
    2. Duties of a Registered Medical Practitioner* (Pg 28)
    3. Consent in Medical Care - define, classify, Doctrine of Informed Consent - describe in
    detail

    Identification
    Identification of Living and Dead
    SN

    1. Gustafson's Method of Dental Examination - age determination (Pg. 64)


    2. Anthropometry System of Identification (Pg. 71)
    3. Forensic DNA Fingerprint* - describe steps (Pg. 79)

    LAQ

    1. DNA test - four indications, material used, DNA Typing - describe procedure

    Forensic Thanatology
    SN

    1. Adipocere Formation (Pg. 110)


    2. Postmortem Cooling* - role in determination of Time since Death* (Pg. 95)
    3. Brain Stem Death* - how to diagnose (Pg. 88 Singhal, Pg. 129 Reddy)
    4. Cadaveric Spasm* (Pg. 103)
    5. Stiffness in Dead Body - conditions causing, Instantaneous Rigor - describe (Pg. 100,
    103)
    6. Early Signs of Death - enumerate, Rigor Morris - factors affecting, medicolegal
    importance (Pg. 94, 100)
    7. PM Changes seen by Examination of Eyes, give Medicolegal Importance
    8. Suspended Animation (Pg. 87)
    9. Late Signs of Death (Pg. 93)

    LAQ

    1. Estimating Time Since Death - different parameters

    Violent Asphyxial Deaths


    Hanging
    SN

    1. Sexual Asphyxia* (Pg. 125)


    2. Ligature Mark in Hanging

    LAQ

    1. Violent Asphyxial Deaths* - define*, classify*, Complete Typical Hanging* - PM


    findings on Face and Neck; Hanging - define, types, PM features of each type
    2. Complete Typical Hanging with a Drop using Soft, Stretchable Ligature material -
    describe

    Strangulation
    SN

    1. Garoting - define, enumerate PM findings on Face and Neck (Pg. 129)


    2. Death due to Strangulation by a ligature

    LAQ

    1. Strangulation - define*, types*, Throttling - PM findings (Pg. 127, 128); Ligature


    Strangulation - PM findings

    Suffocation
    SN

    1. Choking - define, describe (Pg. 134)


    Drowning

    LAQ

    1. Drowning - enumerate types, postmortem findings, medicolegal importance

    Injuries
    Mechanical Injuries
    SN

    1. Suicidal and Homicidal Cut Throat* - differentiate


    2. Shotgun Cartridge - labelled diagram, Ricocheting of Bullet - describe
    3. Split Laceration and Incised Wound* - differences (Pg. 182)
    4. Ammunition used in Smooth Bore Guns (Pg. 190)
    5. Entry and Exit Wound in Rifled Firearm - differentiate (Pg. 195)
    6. Bomb Blast Injuries*; Mechanism of Injury in Bomb Explosions

    LAQ

    1. Section 44 IPC - define, Mechanical Injuries - classify, Stab Wounds - medicolegal


    importance
    2. Entry Wound of Revolver in a Victim - specific features at different ranges
    3. Mechanical Injuries - classify, Contusions

    Thermal Injuries
    SN

    1. Joule Burn (Pg. 206)


    2. Causes of Death due to Burns

    LAQ

    1. Burns - define, classify*, Ante-Mortem and (Post-Mortem Burns)** - differentiate,


    Causes of Death due to Burns* (Pg. 199); Medicolegal Aspects of Burns
    2. Lightning Injury* - mechanism, Death due to Lightning - autopsy appearances (Pg.
    208 Singhal, Pg. 312 Reddy); Lightning Fatalities
    Regional Injuries
    SN

    1. Punchdrunk Syndrome (Pg. 268 Reddy)


    2. Fracture of Skull* - classify*, describe*

    LAQ

    1. Skull Fractures - five types, causative mechanisms, Estimate Age of Fracture (Pg. 210)
    2. Head Injury, Intracranial Injuries

    Physical Torture

    SN

    1. Torture - various methods

    Medicolegal Aspects of Injuries


    1. Defence Wounds (Pg. 194 Reddy, Pg. 225 Singhal)
    2. Grievous Hurt* (Pg. 229)
    3. Homicide - define, types (Pg 223)

    Medicolegal Aspects of Sex, Marriage, Family


    Planning and Infanticide
    Impotence and Sterility
    LAQ

    1. Impotence and Sterility in both sexes - causes, Artificial Insemination - guiding


    principles (Pg. 240, 259)

    Pregnancy
    SN

    1. Probable Signs of Pregnancy (Pg. 251)


    2. Parous and Nulliparous Uterus - differentiate at Post-mortem Examination
    3. Pseudocyesis (Pg. 252 Singhal, Pg. 371 Reddy)

    Infanticide
    SN

    1. Battered Baby Syndrome (Pg. 280)


    2. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Pg. 280)

    LAQ

    1. Live Birth - enumerate signs, Hydrostatic Test (Pg. 273, 275)

    Abortion
    1. MTP Act 1971 (Pg. 265)

    Sexual Offences
    SN

    1. Consent in relation to Examination of Victim of Sexual Assault (Pg. 388 Reddy, Pg.
    286)

    LAQ

    1. Amended Section 375 IPC - define*, How will you collect evidences in Victim of
    Rape* (Pg. 286)

    Forensic Psychiatry
    SN

    1. Testamentary Capacity* (Pg. 320)


    2. Delusion* - define, types* (Pg. 312)
    3. True and Feigned Insanity* - differences (Pg. 317)
    4. McNaughten's Rule (Pg. 321)
    5. Mentally Ill Person - enumerate civil responsibilities, Testamentary Capacity
    LAQ

    1. Insanity and Murder (Pg. 320)


    2. Personality Disorders - features, Mentally Ill Person - civil responsibilities (Pg. 319)

    …
    Exhumation

    SN

    1. Exhumation

    Artefacts
    SN

    1. Post-Mortem Artefacts

    Viscera Preservation
    SN

    1. Negative Viscera Report from Chemical Analyser (Pg. 35 Singhal, Pg. 474 Reddy)
    2. Preservation of Viscera for Chemical Analysis (Pg. 35)

    Unspecified
    SN

    1. Hyoid Bone - Medicolegal Importance (Pg. 72, 322, 441 Reddy)


    2. Redressal Mechanisms for Civil Negligence - describe
    3. "Ideal" Identification Mark
    4. Radiography of a Dead Body - indications
    Toxicology
    General Toxicology
    SN

    1. Duties of Doctor in Poisoning Cases


    2. Chelating Agents in Treatment of Poisoning (Pg. 21)
    3. Antidotes (Pg. 20)

    LAQ

    1. Duties of Doctor in cases of Poisoning (Pg. 15)


    2. Poisons - classify with examples, Factors Modifying Actions of Poisons on Body -
    describe (Pg. 9)

    Corrosives
    SN

    1. Poisoning by Corrosive Mineral Acids - post-mortem appearance of Stomach


    2. Carbolism*; Carboluria
    3. Corrosive Poisons - classify, Vitriolage
    4. Oxalic Acid Poisoning - describe

    Irritants
    SN

    1. Plumbism*
    2. Treatment of Snakebite Victim

    LAQ

    1. Chronic Lead Poisoning* - sources, clinical features*, management*


    2. Poisons - classify, Venomous and Non-Venomous Snake - differentiate, Cobra Bite -
    treatment (Pg. 76); Manage a Case of Poisonous Snakebite; Steps for Identification of
    Poisonous Snake, Viperine Bite - features
    3. Aluminium Phosphide Poisoning - clinical features, treatment, PM appearances,
    medicolegal aspects
    Neurotoxic Poisons
    SN

    1. Ethyl Alcohol Poisoning - symptoms, PM appearances; Alcohol Intoxication - stages


    2. Run Amok (Pg. 116)
    3. Hallucinogenic Agents - name four, Cocainism - describe, medicolegal importance
    4. Methyl Alcohol Poisoning

    LAQ

    1. Classify Poison*, Opium Poisoning** - clinical features**, treatment**, medicolegal


    importance*; differential diagnosis, PM features
    2. Drunkenness - define, Methanol Poisoning - symptoms, treatment
    3. Strychnine Poisoning - signs, symptoms, differentiate from Tetanus
    4. Barbiturate Poisoning - symptoms, signs, treatment, medicolegal aspects (Pg. 111)
    5. Organochlorine - discuss toxicology (Pg. 107)
    6. Organophosphorous Compound Poisoning - clinical features, treatment, PM findings
    (Pg. 101)

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