Citation

Raul JS, Deck C, Meyer F, Geraut A, Willinger R, Ludes B. Int. J. Legal Med. 2007; 121(2): 143-146.

Affiliation

Institut de Medecine Legale, 11 rue Humann, 67085, Strasbourg, France. Jean-Sebastien.Raul@iml-ulp.u-strasbg.fr

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00414-005-0070-x

PMID

16362821

Abstract

Multiple gunshot suicide can be a controversial subject mainly because of wrong opinions concerning immediate incapacitation or alleged backwards hurling. For the last 20 years, experts in medicine and physics have tried to demonstrate what really happens during a gunshot wound. Different methods have been used to achieve this aim such as basic physics or the use of empirical evidence. In this paper, using a finite element model of the human head, we demonstrate that no incapacitation or backwards hurling can occur from a gunshot fired between the eyes which did not enter the cerebrum.

Language: en