Examination of Seminal Stains in Medico-Legal Cases

Significance of Florence Test for Seminal Stains *Being a paper read (in modified form) at the medical section of the Indian Science Congress held at Hyderabad on the 2nd to 8th January, 1937.

The choline periodide, or Florence test, for seminal stains has been proved to be of immense value in medico-legal work and adopted as a routine test in all medico-legal laboratories. In this laboratory the seminal stains are always examined for the micro-crystals of choline periodide as well as the spermatozoa and the result is expressed in terms of spermatozoa, viz, positive or negative accor...

Stains Other Than Blood-Stains as Medico-Legal Evidence

On one point an important difference of opinion may exist between medico-legal workers: should a positive chemical test, in the absence of finding spermatozoa under the microscope, be accepted a& evidence of semen ? Some are in favour of doing so (Bagchi, 1937), others against (Owens, 1935; Thomas, 1937; Kamath, 1938; Glaister, 1938; McNally, 1939; Modi, 1940; Rhodes, 1940) and yet others appea...

Importance of Chemical Tests for Detection of Seminal Stains in Medico-Legal Investigations

Experiments on the Stability of Seminal Stains from a Medico-Legal Standpoint

Medico-legal assessment of sexual assault victims in Lahore.

OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was the medico-legal assessment of sexual assault victims in Lahore, and to know the characteristics of the assailants in these cases. METHODS This study included all 123 female cases of alleged sexual assault that presented for medical examination at the office of the surgeon medico-legal Punjab at Lahore during 2002. RESULTS Around 64% of the victims w...