The Human Skeleton in Forensic Medicine

xxvi, 337 pp. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, illustrations and diagrams. Reference is made primarily to the skeletal remains of deceased persons - to living bones only when radiological studies are involved. The skeleton from fetus to old age is dealt with. Teeth are not included except for occasional cross reference. This book will be of vital assistance in three main types of cases... Natural Death of "disappearance cases" long lost to view; Intentional Death with purposive attempts to dispose of the body as by fire, dismemberment, use of corrosives, and general or regional mutilation by slashing, gourging, pounding, etc.; Accidental Death as in domiciliary fires, auto, train and plain crash fires, crushing injuries, and the exigencies of mass burial in armed conflict circumstance. Identification of the bones centers around age at time of death, sex, race and/or ethnic group, stature, body build, and physiognomic reconstruction.