I. INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL MEDICINE (Dan Dermengiu) / 6
• Definition of forensic medicine / 6
• History of forensic medicine / 6
• Organizing the forensic network in Romania / 16
2. TANATOLOGY (George-Cristian Curca) / 21
• Terminal states / 21
• Particular forms between life and death with legal implications / 22
• Thanatological semiology. Classification of signs of death / 23
• Postvital manifestations / 28
• Determining the probable date of death. Thanatochronology / 28
• Type of death, causes of death, manner of death / 29
• Suspicious death versus sudden death / 29
• Forensic anthropology / 29
• Forensic entomology / 30
3. SUDDEN DEATHS (Dan Dermengiu) / 33
4. CAUSALITY IN LEGAL MEDICINE (George-Cristian Curca) / 60
5. VITAL REACTION (George-Cristian Curca) / 67
6. MEDICO-LEGAL TRAUMATOLOGY. GENERAL ASPECTS (Dan Dermengiu) / 70
• Classification of traumatic agents / 70
• Mechanical traumatology. General aspects / 70
• Types of mechanical traumatic injuries. Primary traumatic injuries / 71
- Ecchymosis / 71
- Hematomas / 71
- Excoriations / 71
- Plagi / 72
- Contagious plague / 72
- Wound produced by sharp instruments / 73
- Shot wound. Shooting / 74
7. SYSTEMIC TRAUMATOLOGY (Dan Dermengiu) / 83
• Traumatic bone injuries / 83
• Traumatic joint injuries / 87
• Muscle, tendon and aponeurosis injuries / 89
• Traumatic nerve injuries / 89
• Traumatic injuries to blood vessels / 91
8. TOPOGRAPHIC TRAUMATOLOGY (Dan Dermengiu) / 92
• Craniocerebral trauma / 92
• Oro-maxillofacial traumatic injuries / 99
• Traumatic injuries in ophthalmology / 101
• Traumatic injuries in ENT / 105
• Traumatic neck injuries / 106
• Chest injuries / 106
• Traumatic injuries of the cervical spine / 09
• Abdominal trauma / 109
9. MEDICO-LEGAL SEXOLOGY / 111
• Sexual capacity (George-Cristian Curca) / 111
• Pathology of sexual life (George-Cristian Curca) / 111
• Rape (George-Cristian Curca) / 113
• Abortion (Ionut Popescu) / 119
• Infantry (Ionut Popescu) / 122
10. SITUATIONS FOR TRAUMATIC INJURY / 127
• Fall and precipitation (George-Cristian Curca) / 127
• Aggression through human means (George-Cristian Curca) / 127
• The beaten child syndrome (Dan Dermengiu) / 128
• Injuries due to traffic accidents (George-Cristian Curca) / 129
11. ASPHIXII (ANOXII) (Dan Dermengiu) / 135
12. PHYSICAL TRAUMATIC AGENTS
• Traumatic injuries caused by the action of extreme temperatures (Dan Dermengiu) / 141
- Injuries caused by high temperatures / 141
- Hyperthermia / 143
- Injuries caused by low temperatures / 145
- Hypothermia / 145
• Traumatic injuries caused by electric current (C. Dogaroiu) / 149
• Traumatic injuries caused by variations in atmospheric / hydrostatic pressure (George-Cristian Curca) / 154
• Traumatic injuries caused by sound waves (C. Dogaroiu) / 158
• Traumatic injuries produced by the action of radiation (Ionut Popescu, C. Dogaroiu) / 160
13. BIOLOGICAL TRAUMATIC AGENTS (George-Cristian Curca) / 162
• Mushroom poisoning / 169
14. TOXIC TRAUMATIC AGENTS (MEDICAL-LEGAL TOXICOLOGY)
• General toxicology (George-Cristian Curca) / 173
• Some more important general toxics (Dan Dermengiu) / 177
- Caustic substances / 177
- Corrosive substances / 177
- Methemoglobinizing toxins / 178
- Toxic hemolysant / 178
- Arsenic / 179
- Stricnina / 180
- Carbon monoxide CO / 180
- Hydrocyanic acid (HCN) and its derivatives / 182
- Pesticide poisoning / 183
Organophosphate pesticides / 183
Organochlorine pesticides / 184
- Methyl alcohol (methanol) / 184
- Ethylene glycol (antifreeze) / 185
• Psychoactive substances (drugs) / 186
1. Classifications (George-Cristian Curca) / 186
2. Clinical examination of the addict (G. Gorun) / 189
3. Depressing drugs (psycholeptics) (George-Cristian Curca) / 192
4. Stimulating drugs (C. Dogaroiu) / 198
5. Psychodysleptic drugs (C. Dogaroiu) / 201
- psychodysleptic drugs (ethyl alcohol, anxiolytic-hypnotic, opioids) / 192
- psychoanaleptic drugs (amphetamines, cocaine, qat, GHB) / 201
- psychodysleptic drugs (cannabinoids, indole-LSD, phenylethyl-amine-mescaline, MMDA) / 204
- anabolic steroids (G. Gorun) / 205
15. EXPERTISE OF THE FILIATION (George-Cristian Curca) / 207
16. DNA TESTS IN MEDICO-LEGAL PRACTICE (Sorin Hostiuc) / 217
17. SIMULATION OF TRAUMATIC INJURIES AND DISEASES (Ionut Popescu) / 222
18. MEDICO-LEGAL PSYCHIATRY (Valentin Gheorghiu) / 225
19. MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND ELEMENTS OF BIOETHICS (George-Cristian Curca) / 234
BIBLIOGRAPHY / 253