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Forensic Medicine
Terminology
Types of Firearm
1. Shotguns
2. Rifled Weapons
Shotguns
- The smooth-bore weapon
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Shotguns
Rifled Weapons
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Rifled Weapons
Examples:
-- Automatic Pistol: self-loading weapon, where
shells are put into firing position by a gas operated
delivery system.
Rifled Weapons
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Mechanism of Injury
-
KE = M * V^2
Entrance Wounds
1. Shotguns:
-
Contact Wounds
cont.
Contact Wounds
cont.
Muzzle
imprint
Burning
from the
powder
Near Discharge
- Within few cm of surface
-Large central defect with stippling or tattooing
( small, dry, reddish abrasions caused by unburned
powder & small metal fragments striking the skin)
- Smoke soiling
- Lack of muzzle mark
tattooing
Intermediate Range
Intermediate Range
-Within 20 cm to 1 m.
- Diminishing of the smoke soiling but powder
tattooing persist
- Burning will be present
- The rim of the wound is irregular forming what is
called rat-hole.
Intermediate Range
Long Range
(2-3m)
Long Range
( 20 30 m)
-Abrasion collar
-No smoke soiling, burning or powder tattooing.
-Tissue displacement.
-Rarely fatal.
Differences between
shotgun & rifles in entrance
wound
Rifled weapons:
- increased tissue destruction due to the high velocities
-Usually have an entrance and exit wound
-Estimation of firing range is more difficult than with
shotgun weapons, but in general , contact wounds show
similar features of powder stippling, blackening,
burning, tissue disruption, & carboxyhaemoglobin
formation.
Exit wound
-Shotguns: Rarely produce exit wound because they
traverse the body.
-Rifled weapons:
--Exit wound is usually everted with split flaps.
--No burning, smoke or powder soiling.
Exit wound
Exit Wound
with split flaps
Entrance Wound
Exit wound
Accident, Suicide, or
Murder
Accident, Suicide, or
Murder
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