Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic medicine and Toxicology. Vol. 1

by R. A. Witthaus; Tracy C. Becker

INCISED AND PUNCTURED WOUNDS AND WOUNDS OF BLUNT INSTRUMENTS REGIONALLY CONSIDERED.

The several varieties of wounds which we have been considering vary considerably in their nature, their effects, their danger, and in many other ways according to the region of the body in which they are situated. Some of these varieties are common in one situation and almost never occur in others. Although the nature of wounds found in the several regions of the body is not as important for a medical jurist as their danger and their influence in causing death, we will now consider the differences they exhibit on account of the region in which they occur.