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Forensic Evaluation of Motor Vehicle Accidents

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Clavicular and humeral fractures are more common in passengers than in drivers. Drivers frequently sustain hand, wrist, and elbow injuries, while passengers rarely have hand fractures. Forensic investigation-motor vehicle collisions and motor-vehicle pedestrian accidents. 1988;28:498–501. Medscape website. Dickinson E.

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"The crowner hath sat on her and finds it Christian burial." [Hamlet]

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" The ideal is a fully funded Medical Examiner's department when the incumbent or staff are board-certified Forensic Pathologists. Regardless, there are an insufficient number of qualified forensic pathologists to assume office everywhere. Do not place the name "John/Jane Doe" on the signed death certificate. ·

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ToxCard: Tetanus and Strychnine – Expanding the Differential for Severe Muscle Spasm

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Forensic Sci Int. tetani infection is also indicated. Liquid chromatography/photodiode array detection for determination of strychnine in blood: a fatal case report. 2004;141(1):17-21. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.12.010 2003.12.010 Otter J, D’Orazio JL. Strychnine Toxicity. In: StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing; 2022.