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Designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level courses,
Forensic Toxicology: Mechanisms and Pathology introduces toxicology
concepts from a forensic perspective. The book provides an
understanding of the mechanistic basis of the action of drugs and
toxins, addressing their physiologic and pathologic consequences on
the affected organ system. It is this essential connection of
toxicology to physiology and biological systems that provides the
basis for the toxicologist to understand the basis of behavioral
effects of drugs, and for the forensic pathologist to determine
cause of death when drugs may be involved. The book gives an
overview of organ system physiology and pathology, and the ways in
which toxins and drugs affect those systems. Case histories,
photographs of gross pathology, and photomicrographs further
illustrate the processes and effects of toxic substances on the
body. The book also focuses on technological advances in the field
and includes cases that demonstrate real-world consequences of the
effects of toxins upon organ systems, such as impairment in a DUI
case or the fatal induction of cardiac arrhythmia. A comprehensive
introduction to pathology and toxicologic concepts, Forensic
Toxicology: Mechanisms and Pathology describes the means for
identifying types of toxins as well as the key patterns and impacts
of drug and toxin processes within the body.
Designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level courses,
Forensic Toxicology: Mechanisms and Pathology introduces toxicology
concepts from a forensic perspective. The book provides an
understanding of the mechanistic basis of the action of drugs and
toxins, addressing their physiologic and pathologic consequences on
the affected organ system. It is this essential connection of
toxicology to physiology and biological systems that provides the
basis for the toxicologist to understand the basis of behavioral
effects of drugs, and for the forensic pathologist to determine
cause of death when drugs may be involved. The book gives an
overview of organ system physiology and pathology, and the ways in
which toxins and drugs affect those systems. Case histories,
photographs of gross pathology, and photomicrographs further
illustrate the processes and effects of toxic substances on the
body. The book also focuses on technological advances in the field
and includes cases that demonstrate real-world consequences of the
effects of toxins upon organ systems, such as impairment in a DUI
case or the fatal induction of cardiac arrhythmia. A comprehensive
introduction to pathology and toxicologic concepts, Forensic
Toxicology: Mechanisms and Pathology describes the means for
identifying types of toxins as well as the key patterns and impacts
of drug and toxin processes within the body.
Publius Syrus stated back in 42 B.C., "You cannot put the same shoe
on every foot." (Maxim 596) Though written long before the advent
of forensic science, Syrus' maxim summarizes the theme of Forensic
Medicine of the Lower Extremity: Human Identification and Trauma
Analysis of the Thigh, Leg, and Foot. Put simply, the lower
extremity is a tremendously variable anatomic region. This
variation is beneficial to forensic experts. Differences in the leg
and foot can be used to establish individual identity. Analysis of
damage to the lower limb can be used to reconstruct antemortem,
perimortem, and postmortem trauma. As a forensic anthropologist, I
analyze cases involving decomposed, burned, m- mified, mutilated,
and skeletal remains. Many of the corpses I examine are incomplete.
Occasionally, I receive nothing but the legs and feet; a lower
torso dragged from a river; a foot recovered in a city park;
dismembered drug dealers in plastic bags; victims of bombings and
airline disasters; and the dead commingled in common graves. Though
the leg and foot contain much that is useful in forensic analysis,
before this publication, investigators faced a twofold problem.
Little research that focused on the lower extremity was available
in the literature, and the existing research was published in
diverse sources, making its location and synthesis a daunting task.
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