Case
A female was pulled out from a nearby river. The medico legal expert revealed that the age was around 16 years old & the body showed dark bluish discolouration covering the head and neck, front part of the chest and upper limbs. Her whole body was stiff and mud found gripped firmly in her hands.
1. How can you estimate the age of victim?
2. How can you estimate the time passed since death?
3. Medicolegal importance of mud in this case.
MCQ
1. In a case of suicide by drug, the victim shows jaundice, bleeding tendency, encephalopathy and elevated serum transaminase levels. The drug is:
A. Phenobarbitol
B. Aspirin
C. Paracetamol
D. Atropine
2. The specific antidote for acute paracetamol poisoning is:
A. N-acetyl cycteine
B. Atropine
C. Naloxone
D. Oximes
3. Subendocardial haemorrhage occurs mostly in cases of death due to:
A. Air embolism
B. Haemorrhage
C. Crush syndrome
D. Drowning
Give reason
Forced alkaline diuresis is done in acute salicylate poisoning.
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