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Authority
14. Taylor's Principles &
Practice of Medical Jurisprudence by Smith, Sydney & Cork, 1954, page 360.
15. Scientific Evidence in
Criminal Cases by
A. A. Moenssens,
R. E. Moses & F. E. Inban, 1973, Chap. 5, pages 184 & 197.
16. Telex from Interpol Oslo
quoting Fatteh-Handbook of Pathology 1973, page 119.
17. Forensic Medicine by J. A.
Kerr Sixth Edition, 1977, pages 142–143.
18. The Essentials of Forensic
Medicine by C. J. Polson & D. J. Gee, page 276.
Description
Italian suicide case of 1854 2 gun shot wounds of chest 14 mm.
The medical examiner of Hennepin County, Minnesota, reported a case where an 80-year-old woman was found dead in her home with a .22 calibre revolver lying alongside her right knee. All of the chambers of the nine-shot revolver contained expended shells and the deceased had nine wounds of entry in the left anterior thorax. A thorough examination of all of the circumstances lead to a medical conclusion that the wounds were self inflicted. While unusual, this case is not unique.
Cited by
Doctor Johnson (also quoted by Dr. Ong and confirmed by Professor Gibson and Professor Usher)
Doctor Johnson (also quoted by Dr. Ong and confirmed by Professor Gibson and Professor Usher)
On 5.2.1954 in Oslo a man committed suicide by shooting Doctor Johnson himself 3 times. Weapon used was a 9 mm revolver with room for 6 cartridges in barrel. It turned out that the revolver had been loaded 6 cartridges of which 4 had been fired.
There may be considerable power of voluntary movement after fatal gunshot wounds. We made a post-mortem examina- tion on a suicide who shot himself with a .45 revolver. The bullet passed up under the lower jaw, through the centre of the left frontal lobe, leaving a hole one and a quarter inches in diameter in the top of the skull. After some hours the victim recovered consciousness, walked three hundred yards to his house, opened a gate with his key, spoke intelligently to the maid, and hung up his umbrella before collapsing. He died eight hours later.
Doctor Johnson
Suicide is usually accomplished by one shot but multiple Dr. Ong entrance wounds are known.
(confirmed by Professor Gibson and Professor Usher)