Citation

Bloch-Bogusławska E, Pufal M, Pufal J. Arch. Med. Sadowej Kryminol. 2003; 53(3): 223-226.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Polish Forensic Medicine Society)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14669719

Abstract

The reported case concerns a rare method of committing suicide consisting in selfburning and neck incision wound made by bandsaw. The corpse of a 32 year old carpenter was found on the floor. The band-saw was lying nearby. Extensive wound on the lateral, right surface of the neck with damage to the vertebral body of C3 was found at autopsy. This wound was made by the bandsaw. The after-burn changes on the lower limbs and the trunk were also found at autopsy. These changes were repercussions of taken attempts at suicide.

Language: pl

Keywords

Adult; Autopsy; Burns; Depressive Disorder; Forensic Medicine; Humans; Male; Neck Injuries; Suicide