An improved method for restoring the initial appearance of injuries on the skin

Presents a modified method for restoring the shape and size of wounds on skin preparations. The advantages of the modification over the routine A. N. Ratnevski?'s method are enumerated.     

The possibility for determining haptoglobin phenotypes in blood stains after treatment with a luminol solution

The paper gives the results of tests for influence of luminol solution of different composition on detectability of haptoglobin fractions in the bloodstains of different ages. It was stated that alkaline luminol solutions reduce intensity of fractions and may hamper Hp phenotype determination especially in old stains.     

The use of scanners in forensic medicine

The paper describes usage of scanners with computer image processing for illustrations and as an independent method of clues examination in forensic medical practice.     

A method of estimating errors in medical treatment during medico-legal expert evaluation

The authors worked out "Informative chart on medical treatment defects" which is recommended for use in cases of revealing the defects in medical treatment by medicolegal expert.     

Biochemical indices in establishment of the time and cause of intracranial hemorrhages

The contents of glucose, glycogen, creatinine and urea were examined in 240 samples of cadaveric blood; the same examinations were made for 240 samples of the myocardium, as well as of muscles of the skeleton and liver in craniocerebral trauma and acutely impaired cerebral circulation. A statistically reliable dependence of the contents of glucose and glycogen on a trauma extent was defined.     

Mechanogenesis and morphology of a closed trauma of the liver inflicted by blunt hard objects (mathematical estimation)

A retrospective analysis was made on traumas associated with hepatic injury. Signs-lesions in different kinds of trauma are characterized. A mathematic probabilistic method for differential diagnosis of a traumatic impact by hepatic lesion was applied. The findings can be used in conduction of forensic-medical examinations for the kind and mechanism of trauma.     

Gunshot damage inflicted by a short shot from some special-purpose arms

Inlet damage to clothes material caused by point-blank shots from a special submachine guns Val, 9-A-91, sniper complex BCK-4 furnished with a soundless non-flame shooting devices (SNSD) was studied in experiment. Specific features of the affection and shot products distribution (shape, size, topography, accumulation of soot metals, etc.) were specified which allow judgement about guns and range of shot. How SNSD construction and shot range influence the above characteristics is shown. A relevant case is reported.