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bestpsy_2002 · Credits: 855 My Scrapbook

ques in this AIPGE :
gunshot wound pt is examined..on autopsy findings r
cherry red discoloration
cruciate tear of tissues
some blackening and tatooing

what is the range
close contact

immidiate contact

short range

SUMITSETH · Credits: 1317 My Scrapbook

Hello my dear friend

The Answer can be arrived at if you remember the following information

Wounds from shot-gun
Shape of wound Distance
1. Cruciate or Stellate shape Contact over bone
2. Oval shape Upto 30 cm
3. Rat hold wound 30-100 cm
4. Satellite wound More than 2 metres
5. Individual pellets Over 4 metres

With regards,

Dr Sumit Seth
Author "Review of Forensic Medicine"

bujji · Credits: 613 My Scrapbook

Shot gun wound

cautery · Credits: 3008 My Scrapbook

A few more question in gunshot from reddy--
rat hloe apperance of entrance wond is seen in what range of shotgun injury
1) Contact
2)close
3) near
4)long

Reddy text (19 ed) mentions rat hole in the 'near shot' para, but the diagram on the previous page shows it as within one metre i.e. close shot.
someone please clarify....

vivek_patel · Credits: 2571 My Scrapbook

according to dr. sumit its 30 to 100 cm

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