Chapter-05 Identification of the Living and Dead
BOOK TITLE: Exam Preparatory Manual for Undergraduates: Forensic Medicine and Toxicology (Theory, Practical and MCQs)
Author
1. V Dekal
ISBN
9789356967311
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/18925_6
Edition
3/e
Publishing Year
2024
Pages
22
Author Affiliations
1.
Meenakshi Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Enathur, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
Chapter keywords
Corpus delicti,
Identity,
race,
cephalic index,
age,
medicolegal importance of age,
Gustafson’s method,
sex,
Barr bodies,
Davidson’s body,
concealed sex,
intersex,
Klinefelter’s syndrome,
Turner’s syndrome,
Krogman’s accuracy,
bite marks,
forensic odontology,
dactylography,
dermatoglyphics,
scars,
tattoo marks,
superimposition