Legal MED

Question 1

devised a scheme utilizing anthropometrical
measurement of the human body as basis of identification

Answer 1

Alphonse Bertillon

human skeleton is unchangeable after the 20th year

Question 2

most valuable method of identification

Answer 2

Fingerprint

formed at 4 mos

Question 3

ligature is applied around the base of a finger
with moderate tightness

Answer 3

Magnus Test

living person –> bloodless zone at the site of the application.
dead –> no change in color

Question 4

injection of a solution of fluorescein
subcutaneously; if circulation is still present, the dye will spread all over the body and the whole skin will have greenish-yellow discoloration

Answer 4

Icard’s test

Question 5

fingers are spread wide and the finger webs are viewed through a strong light

Answer 5

Diaphanous test

living –> finger webs appear red
dead –> yellow

Question 6

most prominent signs of death

Answer 6

Progressive fall of the body temperature

Question 7

rise in temperature of the body after death

Answer 7

Post mortem caloricity

Due to rapid & early putrefactive changes in the internal organs
Happens in the first 2 hours of death

Question 8

The spot may be oval, round, or
triangular, with the base towards the
corner and may appear in the sclera a
few hours after death

Answer 8

Tache noir de la sclerotique

Question 9

Usual microorganism seen during decomposition of the body

Answer 9

Clostridium welchi/perfringes

Question 10

Test that yields a blue-violet color in the
presence of lead while bright pink
color is developed in the presence of
barium

Answer 10

Harrison and
Gilroy Test

Question 11

A sample is obtained from the hands
by the use of paraffin and then
exposed to radiation.

Answer 11

Neutron Activation Analysis

extremely sensitive

Question 12

It can detect the presence of barium,
antimony and lead

Answer 12

Flameless Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
(FAAS)

Question 13

Tests for Carbon Monoxide

Answer 13

Kunkel Test, Potassium Ferrocyanide Test; Examination Through a Spectroscope; Gas Chromatograph; Infra-red Analysis

Question 14

Hearing of the Fetal Heart Sounds

Answer 14

Mayor sign

Question 15

A person is exempted from criminal liability
if he is totally deprived of his understanding and memory and knows no more than an infant, a brute, or a wild beast of what he is doing

Answer 15

Wild Beast Rule

Question 16

rare psychological disorder characterized by the delusional belief of being dead, decomposed or annihilated, having lost one’s own internal organs
or even not existing entirely as a human being.

Answer 16

Nihilistic Delusions (a.k.a. Cotard Syndrome Type I, Walking Corpse Syndrome, or Délires de Negation

Question 17

The accused is not criminally responsible if his
act was the product of mental disease or mental defect.

Answer 17

Durham Rule

Question 18

A person is not responsible for his criminal conduct if at the time of such conduct as a result of mental disease or defect he lacks essential capacity to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of the
law.

Answer 18

American Law Institute Rule

Question 19

feigning or simulation of a disease or injury
characterized by ostentation, exaggeration and inconsistency

Answer 19

Malingering

Question 20

An abnormal condition whereby a
person is performing an act while in a
state of natural SLEEP.

Answer 20

Somnambulism

Question 21

state when he is half asleep or in a
condition between sleep and waking

Answer 21

Semisomnolence or Somnolencia

Question 22

The foremost responsibility of the physician is to do no harm to the patient

Answer 22

Primum Non Nocere