Coronary atherosclerosis in medico-legal autopsy cases

The importance of the medico-legal autopsy.

All deaths due to unnatural causes and deaths that are believed to be due to natural causes but where the medical cause of death is not certain or known are subjected to an inquest. The objective of an inquest is to ascertain facts pertaining to the death. This is achieved by inquiry and at the conclusion of the inquest a verdict is arrived as to whether the death was due to a natural, accident...

Two Interesting Medico-Legal Cases

From a number of medico-legal cases, which have come under my notice during the sixteen months I have been acting as Civil Surgeon of Murshidabad, I have selected two as of interest and worthy of permanent record. (a) False charge of clacoity with self-inflicted injuries.?On the morning of August 22nd, 1898, one Jifcan Ali Mir sent his nephew to report to the Police that a dacoity had been comm...

Medico-legal autopsy in postoperative hemodynamic collapse following coronary artery bypass surgery

Sudden unexpected postoperative hemodynamic collapse with a high mortality develops in 1-3% of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). The contribution of surgical graft complications to this serious condition is poorly known and their demonstration at autopsy is a challenging task. Isolated CABG was performed in 8,807 patients during 1988-1999. Of the patients, 76 (0.9%) dev...

Psychological Retrospect and Medico-Legal Cases

to employ his spare time in literary pursuits, and his two last works, the " Life of Charles Dickens " and the " Life of Dean Swift," will of themselves show what a loss the literary world has sustained in his death, and they will remain as standard English works on biography. We announce with great satisfaction the appointment of Dr. Crichton Browne to the office of Lord Chancellor's Visitor o...

Two Rare Cases of Sudden Death in Medico-Legal Practice