Substance, Poisoining, Asphyxia Flashcards
in comatous stage, pupils are contracted but may dilate with slow return to their constricted state by appropriate cutaneous stimulation
Macewen’s sign
Consumption vs constitutional tolerance
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not a condition of drunkenness but may develop among professional boxer as a repeated result of trauma to the head
Punch Drunk
specific antidote for morphine that when injected may give withdarwal effect
Nalline test
emphysema vs edema aquosum
emphysema: lung are distended like balloons with rib markings; edema: entrance of water into air sacs which make lungs doughy
What is chamgpiogne d’ ocume
whitish foam which accumulate in mouth and nostrils
What is tete de negri
dark bloated conditionof the face during early stage of decomposition or bronze color of head and neck of a person
qualitative determination of Cl content of blood in right and left ventricle
Gettlers test
What is throttling
Other term for manual strangulation
form of asphyxial death by closing the respiratory orifices by hand or other means
smothering
found beneath conjunctivae, face, chest and lungs as punctiform hemorrhages of pleura
tardieu’s spots
oval or round spots after death
tache noir de la sclerotique
test for carbon monoxide in the blood using 3% TANNIC ACID SOLUTION
Kunkel’s test
Disorientation, mental confusion, dizziness, sensory disturbances exaggerated emotional state suggest that the blood alcohol level is:
150-300%
The average time required for death in drowning is
2-5 minutes
