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SUMMARY OF AUTHORITIES CITED BY
PROFESSOR MANT, DR. ONG AND PROFESSOR GIBSON
The Essentials of Forensic Medicine by C. J. Polson & D. T. Gee, Third Edition 1973, page 293.
Medicine Science and
Description
Ventricular Fibrillation.
This mechanism of electrocution was first described by Prevost and Battelli in 1899. As the result of clinical and experimental studies, it is now recognized as a principal, if not the commonest immediate cause of death by electrocution. Lee (1964) also pointed out that it is not always associated with immediate loss of consciousness nor arrest of respiration. This, again, is not a new observation; a report by Oliver and Bolam in 1898 was of a man who breathed for a few minutes before he died from the shock; some can walk about before they die (Lee, 1965b).
Cited by
Professor Mant
Oliver and Bolam (1898)—a workman fatally injured by Professor Mant The Law by A.K.M. Vol. 5, coming into contact with highly charged metal, had generally 1965, page 27.
Medical Jurisprudence by
J. Gordon, R. Turner and
T. W. Price, Third Edition, 1953, page 704.
A Short Textbook of Medical Jurisprudence by C. C. Mallik, 1978, page 451.
Legal Medicine Pathology & Toxicology by Thomas A. Gonzales, M.D., Morgan Vance, M.D., Milton Helpern, M.D. & Umberger, P.H.D., Second Edition, 1954, pages 410–418.
Forensic Medicine by Sir Sydney Smith & Frederick
Smith Fiddes, Tenth Edition, 1955, page 190.
The Pathology of Homicide by Adelson, pages 311–317.
Principles of Legal Medicine
by Dr. Geoffrey Mann, 1960,
pages 345-347.
breathed a few times although to all appearances dead.
Suicidal bullet wounds occur at close range and are commonly found in the region of the right temple in right-handed persons, in the mouth or under the chin, and over the left side of the front of the chest. Homicidal wounds can occur at any range and may be situated in any region of the body. It is uncommon to find a suicidal bullet injury with an entrance wound in the back. The existence of several bullet wounds on a body suggests that they are of homicidal origin but does not exclude suicide.
Occasionally multiple wounds may be found in suicide, in such cases either the first shot fails or the injuries caused by it do not incapacitate the victim immediately, enabling him to fire other bullets into his body.
(1) 1 gun shot wound in head
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1 gun shot wound in hand
1 contact gun shot wound in head
3 cases of self-inflicted gunshot wounds:-
(i) 2 contact gun shot wounds in chest
(ii) 5 gun shot wounds in head
(iii) 2 gun shot wounds in head
2 self-inflicted gun shot wounds in head
2 further cases of self-inflicted gun shot wounds:—
(i) 2 gun shot wounds in precordium
(ii) 2 gun shot wounds in head
"Textbook on Legal Medicine" by Paterson and Hanes, 1903:-- (i) A patient shot through central artery ran 80 ft. before
losing consciousness.
(ii) A person with internal carotid bleeding ran for a much
greater distance.
(iii) A man shot himself in the forehead with .32 calibre bullet- yet came to town soon after and played billiards and drank whisky freely the day after, not dying for about 80 hours.
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