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    Forensic medicine involves applying medical knowledge to legal matters. It aims to identify crimes, victims, and perpetrators through autopsies, examinations, and forensic laboratory tests. Forensic medicine encompasses several fields including anatomy, pathology, psychiatry, and molecular biology. Its history dates back to ancient Egypt and Greece, while the modern field began establishing medico-legal laboratories in the late 19th century. The mission of forensic divisions is to provide medical assistance to investigators by determining causes and times of death through autopsies and examinations.

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    FORENSIC MEDICINE

    XENIA R SAN GASPAR RN, ICN,DNE, MAN


    Police Lieutenant
    DEFINITION:
    Legal medicine is the branch of medicine which deals
    with the application of medical knowledge to the
    purposes of law and the administration of justice
    Forensic medicine is the practice of medicine to
    elucidate legal matters. Its primary purpose is to
    bring forth the power of medical knowledge to
    identify crimes, victims and perpetrators, and settle
    disputes, when and where personal identity, time of
    death or injury, and the identification and duration of
    morbidity become an important matter.
    SCOPE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE

    .Anatomic Pathology
    . Clinical Pathology
    . Anthropology
    . Biochemistry
    . Molecular Biology
    . Psychiatry
    HISTORY

    . Imhotep (2980 B.C.)- earliest recorded medico-legal


    expert
    . Antistius- conducted autopsy on Julius Caesar ( 100-44
    B.C.) who was murdered
    . Paulus Zacchias (1584-1659) regarded as the Father of
    Forensic Medicine”.
    . In 1895, a medico-legal laboratory was established in
    Manila
    . The PNP Crime Laboratory traces its origin from the
    creation of a fingerprint section in May 19, 1945 until its
    gradual expansion to become PC Central Crime
    Laboratory, PCCL, PC/INP CLS, and eventually PNP
    Crime Lab
    MISSION OF MEDICO-LEGAL DIVISION

    To provide Medico-legal assistance to PNP


    investigators as well as to other
    government and non-government
    investigative agencies through the
    conduct of autopsy, physical
    examination and other forensic
    laboratory examinations.
    FUNCTIONS

    . Perform autopsy to determine the cause, manner,


    mechanism, and time of death.
     . Perform examination on human skeletal remains
    to determine the sex, age, race, and body
     Body built in order to establish the identity and to
    determine the cause of death.
     . Conduct exhumation of human remains.
     . Perform physical examination on victims of
    physical injuries.
     . Perform genital and extra-genital examinations
    on victims of sexual abuse.
     . Perform physical examination on suspects prior
    to detention or release.
     . Perform forensic odontology examinations.
     . Perform serological and microbiological
    examinations.
     . Conduct DNA analysis and paternity
    determination.
    .4. Time of death – as revealed by the condition of the
    body and other evidences recovered.
    Autopsy can elucidate
     Homicide
     Infanticide
    . Parricide
    . Murder
    . Suicide
     Accident
    . Natural cause
    THE AUTOPSY

    To determine:
    1. Cause – Injury or disease without which death
    would not follow.
    2. Mechanism – the physiologic derangement or
    sequence events in the death process.
    3. Manner- whether natural or traumatic,
    accidental or advertent, homicidal or suicidal.
    MEDICO-LEGAL ASPECTS OF DEATH

    Death is the termination of life. It is the


    complete cessation of all the vital
    functions without the possibility of
    resuscitation. It is an irreversible loss of
    the properties of living matter.
    REFERENCE:
    National Forensic Science Training Institute

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