This is the case of a man who was shot in the chest. At autopsy, the bullet perforated the left…
In this post, I’m going to share a few hard-learned lessons from my 30 years of doing sideline-level private consultations. …
Dr. Stephen Cohle made a great video of how to dissect the conduction system of the heart. When I got…
In this third installment, I’m going to talk about two of the more contentious topics that come up when we…
For this second installment, I’m going to discuss getting started. The first thing you need to decide is what kind…
One of the more bizarre features of being a forensic pathologist is that we have traditionally been civil servants. This…
A week-old infant was brought in with a history of possible unsafe sleeping conditions. At autopsy, the decedent was noted…
Here’s an interesting case, I think, of determining entrance and exit. In fact, it’s pretty trivial because of soot deposition,…
This is from a 60 year old woman who died of a drug overdose. At autopsy her thyroid was a…
This is the kidney from an older woman who died of sepsis. It is a classic renal stone that has…