The book is a comprehensive and authoritative exposition of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. It provides precise and useful information on relevant legal provisions and forensic anatomy, and promotes interdisciplinary understanding of issues where law an medicine converge. The text is oriented towards the practical problems ncountered during day-to-day medicollegal work. About the Author : - Krishnan Vij, MD, L.L.B. is Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh, India.

Keeping the academically strong content and much appreciated way of imparting information intact, this edition has been revamped and revised to update the topics and information.• Revamped and revised edition carrying the latest information. • Radical changes have been made in the chapters carrying extreme medicolegal significance in the prevailing scenario, namely—Asphyxial Deaths (especially the herculean issue of hanging vs. strangulation); Medicolegal Examination of the Living (with eloquent analysis of the latest anti-rape law); Medicolegal Implications of Injuries (especially clarifying the concept of endangering life/dangerous to life); Firearm Injures; Medical Negligence through latest case-law, etc. • Relevant cases have been instilled to illustrate medicolegal principles encountered during day-to-day problems. • Highly illustrated text with new photographs, line drawings, flowcharts, and tables for easy understanding and presentation. • Reflects author's experience of more than three decades and the knowledge gathered from extensive reading, interactions, deliberations, etc. • Online access to MCQs with this editiion.

Forensic Pathology is a comprehensive reference that uses a case-oriented format to address, explain and guide the reader through the varied topics encountered by forensic pathologists. Developed in response to a severe void in the literature, the book addresses topics ranging from medicolegal investigation of death to death scene investigation, forensic autopsy, and artifacts of resuscitation as well as complications of medical therapy, forensic osteology, forensic odontology, forensic photography, and death certification. The book includes various types of cases, including sudden natural death, asphyxia, motor vehicle collisions, death in custody, child abuse and elder abuse, acute psychiatric and emotional deaths, and pregnancy. It contains sample descriptions of pathological lesions which serve to aid pathologists in reporting their findings to law enforcement agencies, attorneys, and others involved in investigations of sudden death. The concepts outlined in the text are beautifully illustrated by large, colorful photographs. There are also "Do and Don't" sections at the end of each chapter that provide guidance for handling the types of cases examined. This work will benefit not only experienced forensic pathologists, but also hospital pathologists who occasionally performs medicolegal autopsies; doctors in training; medical examiners; law enforcement personnel; crime scene investigators; attorneys; and fellows and students of the medical sciences. - Large, colorful photographs which beautifully illustrate the concepts outlined in the text. - Sample descriptions of pathological lesions which serve to aid pathologists in reporting their findings to law enforcement agencies, attorneys, and others involved in investigations of sudden death. - 'Do and Don't' sections at the end of each chapter which provide guidance for handling the types of cases examined within preceding sections.

Section 1 General Management of Poisoning or Overdose 1. Approach to Unknown Poisoning 2. Laboratory Tests in Poisoning 3. Acid Base Disorders in Poisoning 4. Antidotes. 5. Lipid Emulsion Therapy in the Management of Acute Poisonings 6. Understanding Forensic Toxicology for the Critical Care Specialist Section 2 Drugs of Abuse 7. Central Nervous System Depressants: Overdose And Management 8. Sympathomimetic Drugs. 9. Cocaine 10. Newer Drugs of Abuse. Section 3 CNS Toxins 11. Toxin induced seizures. 12. Toxic Alcohols 13. Botulism. 14. Anticonvulsant Overdose Section 4 Pulmonary Toxins 15. Approach to Respiratory Failure 16. Inhalation Poisoning 17. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Section 5 Cardiac Toxins 18. Approach to Patient with 19. Aluminum Phosphide 20. Beta-blocker and Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose 21. Sodium channel blockers: TCA, serotonin, and anti-histamines 22. Digoxin and Other Cardiac Glycosides Section 6 Gastrointestinal and Liver Toxins 23. Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) Poisoning. 24. Nsaid Overdose 25. Corrosive Ingestion: Acids and Alkalis Section 7 Hematological Toxins 26. Warfarin and Superwarfarin Toxicity 27. Overdose of Newer Anticoagulants. 28. Dyshemoglobinemias Section 8 Renal toxins and Extracorporeal Therapies 29.Approach to Toxin Induced Acute Renal Failure. 30. Extracorporeal Therapies in the Management of Acute Poisoning: Specific Poisons. 31.Extra Corporeal Toxin Removal: General Principles. 32. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Section 9 Pesticides and Rodenticides 33. Management of Organophosphate Poisoning. 34. Carbamates and Newer Insecticides 35. Herbicide Poisoning (Paraquat and Diquat 36. Organochlorine Pesticides. 37. Rodenticide Poisoning Section 10 Miscellaneous Toxicities 38. Heavy Metal Poisoning 39. Envenomation 40. Plant Poisoning In India 41. Mushroom poisoning 42. Methotrexate and Other Chemotherapeutic Agents Toxicity. 43. Metformin and other oral hypoglycemic agents 44. Chemical and Biological Warfare. Index

This fully updated thirteenth edition of Simpson's Forensic Medicine remains a classic introductory text to the field. Continuing its tradition of preparing the next generation of forensic practitioners, it presents essential concepts in the interface between medicine and the law. Twenty-four chapters cover basic science, toxicology, forensic odont