On me demande souvent comment je procède lorsque les données d'un disque dur ont été chiffrées, ou lorsqu'un mot de passe a été utilisé pour protéger un fichier zippé.Je vais donc vous délivrer ici même mon secret.Mais avant, faisons ensemble quelques petites introspections.Nous aimons bien nous protéger des intrusions d'autrui. Il nous semble naturel de mettre une serrure à clef sur notre porte
This book is the first comprehensive monograph on Forensic or Legal Medicine in Europe. The editors, Prof. Dr. Burkhard Madea (Bonn) and Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Pekka Saukko (Turku/Finland), emphasize in their preface that, as Europe is growing together, it is also necessary to harmonize the medicolegal systems. For this purpose, an exchange of information on the national regulations, which are still dissimilar because of their different general historical, legal and political background, is indispensable. The foundation of the European Council of Legal Medicine in 1992 was a first step on the path to harmonization. At the scientific level, efforts to achieve cooperation among experts from different countries started more than 70 years ago. In 1938, the (still existing) International Academy fo...
Hydrogen sulphide (H2S), an extremely noxious gas that smells like rotten eggs , is generated from natural sources, industrial factories, sewage systems and putrefying organic materials . Fatal H2S poisoning results in both nonspecific changes, such as pulmonary oedema and congestion , and greenish discolouration of the internal organs, especially of the brain . However, despite its reputation, this ?classic’ discolouration is extremely rare , and the greenish discolouration of the internal organs have only been identified in three reports . Here, the authors report a fatal case of H2S poisoning, where the only remarkable autopsy finding was greenish discolouration of the brain. (Source: Forensic Science International)
Abstract: A rare case of cardiac failure due to hypertensive crisis in pheochromocytoma in a 25-year-old young man is presented. In the Emergency Department the patient complained of persisting headache and vomiting; he was distressed but fully alert, his heart rate was 110b/min and blood pressure 180/80mmHg. Few hours after admission, the clinical course suddenly got worse with signs and symptoms of fatal cardiac shock (dyspnoea, cyanosis, pulmonary oedema, hypocontractility of left ventricle). Autopsy revealed a large tumour of the left adrenal gland. Histological examination confirmed macroscopic suspicion of pheochromocytoma. Catecholamine serum levels were analysed by high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) with electrochemical detection. The urine contained 35μg/24h norepinephrin...
We report an unusual complex suicide by hanging and self-shooting with a slaughterer's gun in a 21-year-old boy. The victim after putting a ceiling fixed rope around his neck shot himself in the head (occipital region) with a Kerner captive-bolt gun. He used two mirrors (a cosmetic mirror and a man-sized one) in order to properly visualize his back and to target the occipital region of his head.Radiological data (computed tomography with three dimensional reconstruction) and autopsy findings are discussed according to the clinical and forensic literature. A brief review on planned complex suicides is also given. (Source: Forensic Science International)
Abstract: Inhalation of automobile exhaust gas often leads to death by CO intoxication. In some cases the measured carbon monoxide hemoglobin saturation level (COHb) is considerably below what is considered to be lethal. The death in such cases has been attributed to a combination of a high CO2 and a low O2 tension. In a recent case the deceased was found dead in a car equipped with a catalytic converter, with a hose leading exhaust from the engine to the interior of the car. Analysis revealed a moderately elevated COHb and a high methemoglobin saturation level (MetHb) in peripheral blood. No ethanol, narcotics or drugs were detected.Reports mentioning MetHb or methemoglobinemia in post-mortem cases are surprisingly scarce, and very few have related exhaust gas deaths to methemoglobinemia....
The objective of this study was to supply information about: (1) normal sex-related dimensions of ears (linear distances and ratios, area); (2) left–right symmetry; and (3) growth changes between childhood and old age. The three-dimensional coordinates of several soft-tissue landmarks on the ears and face were obtained by a non-invasive, computerized electromagnetic digitizer in 497 male and 346 female healthy subjects aged 4–73 years. From the landmarks, paired ear width and length, the relevant ratios, ear areas and angles relative to the facial midline, as well as indices of left–right symmetry, were calculated, and averaged for age and sex. Comparisons were performed by factorial analysis of variance. All ear dimensions were significantly larger in men than in women (p (Source: F...
This study is aimed at modeling the stature on the basis of percutaneous tibial and/or ulnar length in human subjects comprising of Indo-Mauritian population. The study was conducted in the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, SSR Medical College, Mauritius on 180 young and healthy students comprising of 90 males and 90 females in the age group ranging from 18 to 28 years. The measurements were taken by using standard anthropometric instruments. It is remarked that tibial as well as ulnar length show a linear relationship with the stature, where stature is normally distributed. However, it is required to transform the measurements on stature to obtain appropriate regression equations. Moreover, since ulna and tibia are significantly correlated, it is recommended to use the sum o...
In this study, we aimed to determine the frequency of the latent toxoplasmosis (LT) in the driver population who were either injured or died in traffic accidents reported in Istanbul and its suburbs.We compared the results with a control group and discussed the relationship between the LT and the traffic accidents. We included 218 (89.7%) non-fatal, 25 (10.3%) fatal cases in our study as study groups. A total 243 subjects, 234 (96%) male, 9 (4%) female (who were alcohol negative) compared with 191 (95.5%) male and 9 (4.5%) female subjects (control group) who had a traffic accident before but no history of toxoplasmosis were studied.Serologic tests, enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for IgG and IgM, and microimmunoflorescence (MIF) for IgG were used as the reference test, the Sabin–Feldman Dye tes...
Abstract: The detection of latent fingermarks is a challenging task in forensic science. Here we present work using highly photoluminescent cadmium sulfide (CdS) quantum dots (QDs) encapsulated in an inexpensive biopolymeric chitosan matrix for latent fingermark detection. Cadmium ions were chelated within the chitosan matrix followed by the rapid addition of sodium sulfide to produce a CdS/chitosan nanocomposite. The average QD size was investigated as a function of precursor concentrations using ultra-violet–vis (UV–vis) spectrophotometry and the QDs were imaged with transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Fluorescence spectrophotometry of the QDs at an excitation of 450nm showed a narrow emission at 531nm and broad emission between 600 and 850nm with a maximum at 716nm. Freshly depo...
