Some of the Table of Contents

Medical Jurisprudence and Ethics
Acts Related to Medical Practice
Legal Procedure
Identification I
Identification II
Medico-legal Autopsy
Autopsy Room Hazards
Thanatology
Signs of Death
Asphyxia
Injuries
Firearm Injuries
Regional Injuries
Thermal Injuries
Transportation Injuries
Explosion Injuries and Fall from Height
Medico-legal Aspects of Injuries
Decompression, Radiation and Altitude Sickness
Starvation Deaths
Anesthetic Deaths
Infanticide and Child Abuse
Abortion
Impotence and Sterility
Virginity, Pregnancy and Delivery
Sexual Offences I
Sexual Offences II
Sexual Offences III
Postmortem Artifacts
Forensic Psychiatry
Bloodstain Analysis
Seminal Stains and Other Biological Samples
Dna Fingerprinting
Torture and Custodial Deaths
Medico-legal Aspects of Hiv
Newer Techniques and Recent Advances
General Toxicology
Corrosive Poisons
Inorganic Metallic Irritants—Arsenic
Inorganic Metallic Irritants—Mercury
Inorganic Metallic Irritants—Lead
Inorganic Metallic Irritants—Copper
Inorganic Metallic Irritants—Thallium
Other Inorganic Metallic Irritants
Non-Metallic and Mechanical Irritants
Organic Irritants—Plant
Organic Irritants—Animal
Somniferous Poisons (Narcotic Poisons)
Inebriants—Alcohol
Sedative-hypnotic—Barbiturates
Deliriants—Dhatura/Datura
Deliriants—Cannabis
Deliriants—Cocaine
Spinal and Peripheral Nerve Poisons
Cardiac Poisons
Hydrocyanic Acid
Asphyxiants
War Gases and Biological Weapons
Agricultural Poisons
Alphos (Aluminum Phosphide)
Medicinal Poisons
Drug Dependence and Date Rape Drugs
Kerosene Oil Poisoning
Food Poisoning
Medical toxicology is a subspecialty of medicine focusing on toxicology and providing the diagnosis, management, and prevention of poisoning and other adverse effects due to medications, occupational and environmental toxicants, and biological agents.

Principles of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology provides a comprehensive, step by step guide to the subject.

Beginning with an introduction to legal procedures, medical jurisprudence and identification, the following chapters examine forensic methods for different causes of death, such as mechanical injury, road traffic accidents, firearm injuries, thermal injuries and asphyxia. Separate chapters are dedicated to DNA profiling and forensic osteology.

Almost 1000 images and illustrations, as well as a number of mnemonics, have been included to assist learning.

Thoroughly revamped and revised edition carrying precise information in a concise manner.
Radical changes have been effected in the chapters Death and Its Medicolegal Aspects: Forensic Thanatology; Sudden and Unexpected Deaths; Asphyxial Deaths; Deaths Associated with Surgery, Anaesthesia and Blood Transfusion; Custody Related Torture and/or Death; Medicolegal Examination of the Living; Injuries by Firearms; Complications of Trauma: Was Wounding Responsible for Death?; Consent to and Refusal of Treatment; Medical Negligence; and Intricacies of Forensic Toxicology.
Enriched with photographs, drawings, sketches, flowcharts, and tables for easy and catchy understanding.
Old cases have been replaced with new ones, making way for the readers to appreciate medicolegal implications.
Reflects personal experience of about three decades and the knowledge gathered from extensive reading, interactions, deliberations, etc. at various platforms.


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