CURRICULAM OF SYLLABUS UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS FOR THE MBBS.
COURSES OF STUDIES EFFECTIVE FROM THE SESSION : 2004-05 .
3rd semester
No. Therotical Diadectic Lecture No. of lecture
1. INTRODUCTION
a) History of Forensic Medicine in India. 1(one)
b) Definition of Forensic Medicine.
Medical Ethics & Ethiquette etc.
C) Role of General duties doctor in elementray criminal
Investigation in India and reporting of Me3dicolegal
Cases- general over view about duties of doctors in Medicolegal cases.
2. LEGAL PROCEDURE
a) Inquests & its type & difference between them. 1(one)
Criminals courts of India & their powers.
b) Procedures of of giving Medical evidences in criminal
courts type of evidence, Medical Certificates P.M.
Reports. Dying declaration & deposition and other
documents not subjected to oral evidence ordinarily. 1(one)
3. IDENTIFICATION
a) Definition , Medicolegal Importance, enumareration &
over view of datas for identification of subjects, 3(three)
with special mention of determination of age & sex in
living and dead (Discussion of individual datas which will
dealt in Practicle/Tutorial Classes i.e. from Bones, X-ray
films etc.)
b) Out line of Dactylography, Hair, Blood, Advances in 3(three)
Identification techniques namely blood grouping DNA Finger
Prints super-imposition photography etc.
c) Medicolegal importance of hair & teeth Examination and
different stains e.g. blood, seminal stains, and hazards 2(two)
of Blood transfusion.
(Writing of report on Blood and Seminal fluid examination
will be dealt with in Practical Tutorial)
4. DEATH & ITS MEDICOLEGAL IMPORTANCE
a) Definition, types & modes of death, suspended animation &
its medicolegal importance, moment of death with special 2(two)
reference to brain death & outline of Organ Transplantation
Act, Certification of death clinically and donation of dead
Bodies.
c) Signs of death (1) immediate , (2)Early, (3)Late e.g. eye
changes, P.M. staining Rigor mortis and condition stimulating
putrefation adipocere mummification & their Medicological
importance; General procedure of determination time passed
since death from post mortem examination. 4(four)
5. INJURY & ITS MEDICOLEGAL IMPORTANCE
a) Definition , classification, medicolegal considerations and
Relevant section of I.P.C. & P.C. 1(one)
b) General over view of different over views (1)Abrasion,
(2)Bruise, (3)Laceration, (4)Incised wounds and stsb injuries
and their Medicolegal importances. Difference between (1)P.M.
staining and bruise (2)Lacerated and incised wound, (3)wound
of entrance and exit of stab wound Individual injuries to
be discussed in practical/tutorial) 5(five)
c) GUN SHOT INJURIES - With elementary ballistics. 3(three)
Types of firearms & categories- Rifled & Smooth bored weapons
& related definition; styudy of gun shot injuries at different ranges includinbg Involuntary tatooing & Tandem bullet & cartridge etc. & wound (Terminal) Ballistics. Difference between wound of entrance and exit caused by bullet.
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Total Lecture class in 3rd semester : 26(twentysix)
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4th Semester:
1. REGIONAL INJURIES
a) Head injuries Different types of skull
Fractures Intracranial Haemorrhages Hol bourn's Mechanism of
brain injuries, concussion, Lucid interval, Automatism,
difference from alchol intoxication, Duties of a doctor in
case of Head injury. 2(two)
b) Spinal Thorasic and abdominal injuries, Limb injuries including
Railway injuries. Traffic & other vehicular injuries,
Aviation injuries, and its medicolegal importance 1(one)
Thermal injuries & Starvation
c) Effects of Cold Heat Burn, Scald, Lightening Electricity,
Xray Burns etc. Causes of death from burn , Classification
of burn, difference between antemortem & Postmortem Burn,
Death from starvation, causes, signs & symptoms. 2(two)
d) Medicolegal aspects of wound, relevant section of I.P.C./Cr.P.C.
Difference between Antemortem and Postmortem Wound, Grievous
Hurt, Criterias of Homicidal & Sucidal wound, determination of age
of wound, causes of death from wound (Writing of Injury Report
will be dealt with in Practical/Tutorial). 2(two)
2. Violent Asphyxial death- Definition, salient feature of Hanging,
strangulation (Different types), suffocation (smothering, overlaying),
Choking, Burking, etc. Drowning, Traumatic Asphyxia, sexual
Asphyxia; Modes & Manners of death, fatal period, Postmortem
findings, Medicolegal consideration of each. 5(five)
3. Impotence, Sterility,Sterilisation, Artificial Insemination,Test Tube
Baby Surrogate mother, Medicolegal importance of each them. 1(one)
4. Virginity, defloration-signs; Difference between true & false
Virgin - Medicolegal importance. 1(one)
5. Classification of sex offence including definition & examples
Procedure of examination of accused victim of rape and
other sex offences different relevant section of I.P.C. &
relevant onsideration of sex preservations (Writing of Report
on Sex offence will be dealt with Practical/ Tutorial classes).
3(three)
6. Medicolegal aspects of pregnancies, Delivery, recent & remote
Signs of Delivery, Medicolegal problems of during of
pregnancy, Superffoetation Superfoecundation, posthumas child,
etc.Paternity determination, lrgitimacy. 2(two)
7. Abortion & its classification, MTP Act'71; Methods to
procure abortion , its complication & medicolegal importance.
1(one)
8. Infanticide, Viability, still and dead born, signs of live
And still birth and dead born; various tests & signs,
Cot death, Battered baby syndrome. 2(two)
9. Forensic Psychiatry including varous definition
Difference between true and feigned insanity,
Restraining a lunatic, Civil & Criminal responsibilites of
Insane, Somnambulism, Somnolemtia, hypnotism & out line
of Mental Health Act. 2(two)
10. Medical Law & Ethics
Indian Medical Council & State Medical Council Function &
Power, Professional conduct priviledege & duties of Medicle
Practioner & Malpractices E.S.I. Act, Workman compensation
Act, Medical Indemnity Insurance, C.P. Act, Medical Records &
Certificationj Consents, including informed consent,
vicarious Liability, Medical negligence, Human experimentation,
Euthanasia & Medicolegal aspects of AIDS, Torture/Atrocities on
Human being 5(five)
11. Toxicology, General consideration of a poison,
Classification, Diagnosis, General Management Antedotes,
Medicolegal importance, factors dodifying action of positions.
2(two)
12. Diagnosis of poisoning in living & dead, Duties of a Doctor
in a case of poisoning. (Writing of Report on Poisoning will
be dealt with in Practical Classes), Corrosive acids and Alkalies. 1(one)
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Total lecture class in 4th Semester : 32(thirtytwo)
5th Semester
INDIVIDUAL POISONS
1. Acute and chronic poisoning by Heavy Metallic Salts of
Arsenic, Mercury, Copper, Zing, Lead, Alluminium,
Phosphide Toxicity, Alcohol, Barbiturates, Aspirin. 5(five)
2. Dhatura, Opium, Cannabis, Kunch, Yellow olender,Aconite,
Kuchila, Seal kanta, M.L.aspect of food poisoning. 3(three)
3. Industrial poisons, common agricultural & environmental
poison, Aniline, M.C. 2(classes)
4. Death from Anaesthetic agents- use and abuse Drug Abuse
And recent considerations. 1(one)
5. Medicolegal Autopsies
Protocal Procedure, preservation including embalming,
Examination of mutilated bodies & bones (P.M.Demonestration
and writing of P.M. reports will be dealt with in Practical). 1(one)
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Total Lecture Classes in F. M. T. =26(3rd) +32(4th) +12(5th)= 70 .
DEMONSTRATION/PRACTICAL CLASSES
3 rd Semester
No. of classes
1. IDETIFICATION
Examination of skeletal remains (namelly skull, mandible
Pelvis, Femur,Sternum,Ribs etc.)
For determination of (A)Age, (B)Sex,(C)Race, (D)Stature. 3(three)
2. DETERMINATION OF AGE FROM X-RAY. 1(one)
3. INJURIES
A) Examination of weapons including fire arms & its corelation
with injuries & Medicolegal Importance. 4(four)
B) Demonstration of injuries in emergenciey room and report
Writing. 1(one)
4. Demonstration of Medicolegal Autopsies and writing of
Reports 1(one)
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Total Demonstration classes in 3rd Semester : 10(ten)
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4th Semester.
1. Study of Medicolegal (M.L.) Photographs relating to
Identification/Injury/Death from different causes. 2(two)
2. Study of models showing different medicolegal problems 2(two)
3. Practical demonestration for variuos, Chemical Tests for
Blood and semen and examination of a suspected stain and
Writing of report. 3(three)
4. Examination of blood for testing blood group & Rh Factor. 1(one)
5. Demonstration of Medicolegal autopsies and writing of
Reports. 1(one)
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Total Demonstration Classes in 4th Semester : 9(nine)
5th Semester.
Including procedure of giving stomach wash . 1(one)
Corrosive meneral acids, Carbolic Acid, Oxalic Acid and
Corrossive alkalies.
Chlorinated compounds. 1(one)
Aluminium salts. 3(three)
4. Vegetable Irritants and other vegetable poisons
Animal Irritants e.g. Snake and other bites, Cantharides 1(one)
5. Opium , Morphine 1(one)
6. Dhatura , Cannabis 1(one)
7. Strychnine Oleander, Aconite, HCN/KCN 1(one)
Isocyanate (MIC) gas . 1(one)
Environmental and other Agriculture poisons .
9. Demonestration of Medicolegal autopsies and writing of Reports. 1(one)
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Total Demonestration Classes in 5 th Semester : 11(eleven)
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Total Demonestration Classes in F.M.T. : 10(3 rd) + 9(4 th) + 11(5 th) = 30(thirty)
FORENSIC MEDICINE &TOXICOLOGY
Item Card for Day to Day Assesment
3 rd Semester
Theretical & Oral
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A.1. Forensic Medicine Preliminaries and legal proceure in India |
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A.2. Race Sex Age & Stature determination from skelaton remains including Forensic odontology. (IDENTIFICATION) |
5 |
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A.3. Inter-sex & foetal age determination |
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A.4. Hair, Scare, Tattoo & other marks |
5 |
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A.5. All prints including dactylography, superimposition |
5 |
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A.6. DEATH & PM CHANGES (Death & its signs) |
5 |
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A.7. Rigor Mortis etc. |
5 |
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A.8. Putrefaction ,its modified forms, Emblaming. |
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B.1. Mechanical injuries |
10 |
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B.2. Wound balistics |
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3 rd Semester
Practical
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Examination of injuries and age of injuries. |
10 |
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4 th Semester
Theoretical & Oral
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A.1. Legal & ethical aspects of practice of medicine |
10 |
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A.2. Legal aswpects of injury |
10 |
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A.3. Thermal & other injury |
5 |
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A.4. Traffic & other conveyance injuries and Regional injuries |
10 |
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A.5. Violent asphyxial death |
10 |
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A.6. Starvation |
5 |
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A.7. Forensic psychiatry |
10 |
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B.1. Sex offences and sex preservation. |
10 |
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B.2. Impotence & sterility , virginity & Defloration |
10 |
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B.3. Pregnancy & delivery |
10 |
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B.4. Abortion & infanticide including Bathered baby syndrome |
10 |
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B.5. Medicolegal aspects of blood and seminal stains and hazards of blood transfusion |
10 |
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C.1. General aspects of forensic technology |
10 |
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C.2. Corrosive agents |
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4 th Semester
Practical
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1) Identification 2) Injuries
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C.1.Detection of BLOOD STAINS including procedure of collection of material and writing of reports. C.2. Detection of seminal stains including preparation of a hypothetical report. C.3. Writing of a hypothetical report on examination of avictim and male accused of Rape case. |
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D. Determination of blood group including Rh factor and writig of a hypothetical report |
10 |
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5 th Semester
Theroretical & Oral
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A)1 |
Carbolic and Oxalic acid, Vitriolage |
10 |
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Metallic Irritant |
10 |
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Non Metallic Irritant |
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Oraganic and Vegetable Irritant |
5 |
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Aicohol, Opium, Barbiturate and Drug Dependence |
10 |
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Spinal, Peripheral, Anaesthetics |
10 |
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Cardiac Poison |
10 |
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Asphyxiants, Food Poison |
5 |
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Organophosphorus, Carbamates, Al. Phosphide |
10 |
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5 TH Semester
Practical
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III. TOXICOLOGY a) General Diagnosis of Poisoning |
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b) Procedure of giving stomach wash |
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c) Diagonosis, Fatal doase and treatment of
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Opium , Morphine 7) Inebrients : Ethyl and Methyl Alcohol.
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TOTAL MARKS OF CONTINUOUS INTERNAL ASSESMENT IS = 260
IF A CANDIDATE OBTAIN ‘n’ MARKS, THEN MARKS OBTAINED OUT OF 5 = n/52
TOTAL MARKS CONTINUOUS INTERNAL ASSESMENT IS 200 .
IF MARKS OBTAINED IS ‘n’ THEN MARKS OBTAINED OUT OF 5 = n/40
SIGNATURE
HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT
2 nd Professional MBBS Exam
Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Total Marks- 100
Theory : One Paper : 40 marks ( Time 2 hours for Theory Paper )
Oral: 10 marks
Practical: 30 marks
Internal assesment :- 20 marks
Theory :------------------------------------10 marks
Practical----------------------------------- 10 marks
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100 marks
Practical Examination :-
(Total Marks 40 )
(7 minutes x 5 items = 35 minutes )
ABO Rh ) (10 minutes )
For each item---------------------------------------------------5 marks
(Total :- 6 items x 5 =30 marks )
A. Theretical+ Internal Assesment + Oral
Full Marks : 40 +10 +10 =60 Pass Marks : 30
B. Practical + Inaternal Assesment
Full Marks : 30 + 10 =40 Pass Marks : 20
C. Internal Assesment :
Minimum marks to be obtained in Internal Assessment for appearing in University Examination
is 7 (3.5 Theory + 3.5 Practical ).
Scheme of Examination F.M.T.
Question No. 1 (Group – A)
Two questions Marks – 2 x 5
Question No. 2 (Group – B)
a) Two medicolegal importance out of three Marks – 2 x 2�
b) Two short notes out of three Marks – 2 x 2�
Question No. 3 (Group – C)
a) Two Differentiate between (Total question three) Marks – 2 x 2�
b) Two Explanation (Total question three) Marks – 2 x 2�
Question No. 4 (Group – D) From Toxicology chapter
a) One long question Marks – 5
b) Two short questions Marks – 2 x 2�
Model question for question No. 4 (Group – D)
Q.4. a) What is antidote? Mention briefly different types of antidotes with examples. 1+4=5
b) i) Write minimum fatal dose of the following poisons (any two): 2 x 1=2
1. Arsenious Oxide.
2. Organophosphorus Compound
3. Mercuric Chloride.
ii) Mention the preservation to be used for chemical examination for poisoning by
(any three): 3 x 1=3
1. Hydrocyanic acid.
2. Copper Sulphate.
3. Carbolic acid.
4. Aconite root.
The West Bengal University of Health Sciences
Examination – 2005
Subject : Model Question for
2 nd Professional MBBS Examination in
Forensic Medicine & Toxicology.
Time: 2 hrs. Full Marks: 40
There are four groups of questions
Use separate answer script for each group.
Answers to questions of group D is to be completed within first twenty minutes and handed over to the Invigilator positively.
Group – A
1. (a) A girl of above 18 years of age was found lying dead in a lonely place on road side with torn undergarments with some abrasions and contusions over neck, face and private parts.
How will you determine that (i) She died due to throttling and (ii) She was sexually violated before death ?
What physical and biological articles would you preserve in this case and why ?
2 + 2 + 1 = 5
(b) A male subject aged about 65 years was found in a dead state with gaping wounds over head area. Mention the findings which will suggest that (i) he died to chopping cuts (ii) he consumed alcohol prior to death (iii) death was homicidal in nature.
2 + 1.5 + 1 .5 = 5
(c) Name some poisons which will constrict pupil.
Describe briefly the symptoms and signs treatment of poisoning by such a compound in rural Bengal .
1 + 2 + 2 = 5
(d) Describe briefly the immediate restraining of a lunatic. What findings may suggest that a male subjected is feigning to be mentally ill?
2 .5 + 2 .5 = 5
Group – B
2. (a) Write Medicolegal importances of (any two)
2 .5 X 2 = 5
i) Turner’s Syndrome
ii) Second life test
iii) Diatons
iv) Study of maggots
(b) Write short notes on ( any two) :
2 .5 X 2 = 5
i) Universal antidote
ii) Illusion
iii) Professional Secrecy
iv) Examination – in – Chief.
Group – C
3. (a) Differentiate between ( any two) : 2 .5 X 2 = 5
i) Gunshot wounds of extrance and exit in contact shot.
ii) Respired and unrespiredlung in a dead new born.
iii) Somatic & molecular death
iv) Burn & Scalds
(b) Explain why ( any two) : 2 .5 X 2 = 5
i) Covering is an infamous conduct
ii) Hesitation cuts may be seen in suicidal cut throat injure
iii) Quickening is not a sure sign of pregnancy
iv) Lochia is seen in a recently delivered woman.
Group – D
Q.4. a) What is antidote? Mention briefly different types of antidotes with examples. 1+4=5
b) i) Write minimum fatal dose of the following poisons (any two): 2 x 1=2
1. Arsenious Oxide.
2. Organophosphorus Compound
3. Mercuric Chloride.
ii) Mention the preservation to be used for chemical examination for poisoning by (any three): 3 x 1=3
1. Hydrocyanic acid.
2. Copper Sulphate.
3. Carbolic acid.
4. Aconite root.