Citation

Bhardwaj DN, Sharma SK, Gupta S. Med. Sci. Law 2005; 45(3): 265-266.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India. dn_11@rediffmail.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, British Academy of Forensic Sciences, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16117289

Abstract

Any change produced, or feature introduced, in a body after death which is accidentally or physiologically unrelated to the natural state of the body is termed as an artefact. Since artefacts may lead to misinterpretation of post-mortem findings, it is important to rule them out. Artefacts may be produced for a variety of reasons. We present a case report where a young male in his late twenties committed suicide by hanging. He was suffering from haemorrhoids. Because of his posture, there was post-mortem bleeding, which was interpreted by the police as bleeding due to the self-cutting of his veins. Hence, we felt the need to report this case.

Language: en