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S Banaschak

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[Evidence for use of electroshock devices].

The authors tested whether use of an electro shock weapon (stun gun) leaves marks on skin which can be found in an exterior examination. On pig skin such marks could not be produced postmortally. An experiment on one of the authors caused reddish skin marks which persisted for about 2 h. Inability to act as promised by the weapons' manufacturers did not occur in our experiments, exactly as previously described by other authors. Use of an air tester which shoots barbed electrodes ought to produce bleedings if the electrodes actually penetrate the skin.

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[Retained capacity for action in brain gunshot injury. Case report and systematic examination].

A case of physical activity following a suicidal gunshot to the head including perforation of the left frontal lobe from a .22 rimfire rifle is reported. Subsequently, the man was able to walk a distance of more than 100 m and to reload manually. The special wound ballistic features of the head leading to increased intracranial projectile effects are discussed and the morphological changes such as cortical contusion zones, intracerebral hemorrhages or indirect skull fractures are explained. The analysis of 38 cases of head shots followed by physical activity reveals that injury to certain CNS-areas or the use of centre fire rifles and large handguns usually excludes a potential for subsequent physical activity. But physical activity is possible if the trajectory is restricted to the frontal brain or one temporal lobe only and if a projectile of low wounding potential has been used for this gunshot.

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[Exhumation and no end. A comparative analysis].

If the order to carry out an autopsy has been neglected, exhumation is the only possibility to obtain findings which allow conclusions on the manner of death, cause of death and chain of events. The quality of findings will however be influenced by advanced states of putrifaction. In spite of identical legislature the number of exhumations carried out at the institutes of legal medicine in München and Münster differs considerably, as demonstrated by a comparison of the data from the years 1993-1996. As previously described by other authors, there is a reciprocal correlation between the number of autopsies and the exhumation rate. The frequency of autopsies which are ordered can be explained by the varying application of the statutory framework by the investigation procedure. In some cases where an exhumation has been carried out, it was difficult to comprehend why an autopsy was not originally ordered.

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