UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA, SRI LANKA

SECOND EXAMINATION FOR MEDICAL DEGREES JANUARY 2012

FORENSIC MEDICINE Paper II

Date: 31.01.2012. Time: 03 hours

ANSWER ALL THE FIVE QUESTIONS

1. 1. List the indications to order an Inquest. (40 Marks)
   2. What are the preconditions to do a pathological postmortem examination? (30 Marks)
   3. How will you write a proper cause of death? Explain by giving an example. (30 Marks)

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2. You are called upon to conduct a postmortem examination on a body found floating in a river.

   1. What are the medico legal issues in this case? (50 Marks)
   2. What are the possible causes of death in this case? (50 Marks)

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3. 1. What is criminal abortion? (30 Marks)
   2. Explain what are the complications and causes of death following criminal abortion? (70 Marks)

4. Police has produced a 14 year old girl, said to be sexually abused for medico legal examination.

   1. Briefly describe how will you proceed with examining this patient? (50 Marks)

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   2. How will you interpret the examination findings of the hymen? (50 Marks)

5. Write the medico legal importance of the following:

   • Hypostasis (30 Marks)
   • Extradural haemorrhage (30 Marks)

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   • Examination of the scene of death in a case of death due to hanging. (40 Marks)

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