Citation

Missliwetz J, Denk W, Ellinger A. Beitr. Gerichtl. Med. 1992; 50: 307-318.

Vernacular Title

Medizinische und technische Aspekte der Waffenwirkung am Menschen. Teil

Affiliation

Institut für gerichtliche Medizin, Universität Wien.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Verlag Franz Deuticke)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1489342

Abstract

"Weapons at hand" are tools of everyday life, which can be used as instruments for fighting. The investigation offers a survey concerning instruments, which were actually used for conflicting bodily injuries (cases selected from 1029 expertises) or for killing (cases selected from 474 autopsies). The findings are complemented by non-medical publications about self-defence. In the Austrian legal system the use of "weapons at hand" is interpreted like weapons in the technical sense.

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