S.No.
Topic High yielding topics
1. Images Torture
Snakes
Analytical Lab tests (Colours)
Toxicology Lab Instruments
Postmortem instruments and their use
PM changes
Firearm entry - Range
2. Medical Law IPC vs BNS
CrPC vs BNSS
IEA vs BSA
3. Sexual offences Sexual perversions
Virginity
MTP
4. Triads Waddell’s Triad
Marshall Triad
Beck’s Triad
Triad of injuries in Battered baby syndrome
Triad in chronic Mercury poisoning
Triad in chronic Thallium poisoning
Triad in Opium poisoning
Virchow triad etc.
5. Colours PM Staining
Lab tests
Abrasion and Contusion
Pink disease
6. Preservatives Viscera
Embalming
Inhalational poisons
7. Pathology Diagnostic findings in natural & unnatural deaths
CVS - MI, CAD, Angina, IHD
Resp. - Pneumonia, pneumonitis, ARDS, TB
CNS - DAI, HIE
8. Landmark cases Jacob Matthew vs State of Punjab
Paramananda Katara vs Union of India
Kunal Saha vs AMRI
Samira Kohli vs Dr. Prabha Manchanda & Ors
V.P. Shanta vs IMA
Aruna Shanbaug vs Union of India
V. Krishan Rao vs Nikhil Super Specialty Hospital
Harjot Ahluwalia vs Spring Meadows Hospital
Bolam vs Friern Hospital Management Committee
9. Recent Advances Virtual Autopsy
Night Autopsy
Clinical Forensic Medicine Unit (Bed side tests)
Poison Information centre
Poison control centre
One stop centre
Research
10. Rules Rule of 12, 9, palm
Mc Naughten rule
Durham rule
Curren’s rule
Nysten’s rule
Rule of Haase
Puppe’s rule
First hand knowledge rule
Prudent patient rule
Ahley’s rule
Quetlet’s rule
Young’s rule
11. Fractures Undertaker fracture
Jefferson fracture
Hangman fracture
Boxer fracture
Nobbing fracture
Motorcyclist fracture
Bumper fracture
Chance (seat belt) fracture
Hyoid bone fractures (Avulsion/Traction/Tug fracture)
Green stick fracture
Bucket handle fracture
Egg shell Fracture
Growing skull fracture
Skull fractures
12. Declarations Helsinki
Oslo
Tokyo
Geneva
Sydney
Malta
13. Legal Procedure Summons
Dying declaration
Hierarchy of courts in India
Evidence
Oath
Leading question
14. Toxicology Antidotes
Ocular, dermal, olfactory clues
Resp acidosis/alkalosis, Metabolic acidosis/alkalosis
Tachycardia with hypertension
Tachycardia with hypotension
Bradycardia with hypertension
Bradycardia with hypotension
15. Burns Crocodile flash burn
Joule (Endogenous) burn
Filigree burns
Exogenous burn
Brush burn
Friction burn
16. Fathers Father of Forensic Medicine
Father of Toxicology
Father of Modern Toxicology
Father of Forensic Medicine in India
Father of Forensic Nursing
Father of Forensic Nursing in India
17. Syndromes Sudden Infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Battered Baby (Caffey) Syndrome
Battered wife syndrome
Shaken baby (Infantile whiplash) Syndrome
Munchausen syndrome
Dhat Syndrome
Vanishing twin (Twin embolisation) syndrome
Rape Trauma Syndrome
Othello syndrome
Capgras syndrome
Ekbom syndrome
Cotard (delusion) Syndrome
Van Gogh syndrome
Sleeping beauty syndrome
Fanconi syndrome
Holiday heart syndrome
Magnan’s syndrome (Cocaine bugs)
Intermediate syndrome in OP Poisoning
Hide and die syndrome
Immersion syndrome
Punch drunk syndrome
Long scarf syndrome
18. Signs First external sign of decomposition
Kevorkian sign
Battle’s sign
Surest sign of antemortem Hanging
Surest sign of antemortem Burns
Surest sign of live born
Surest sign of dead born
Amussat’s sign
Simon’s sign
Tear drop sign
Nodding face sign
Halo or ring sign
Spalding sign
Robert sign
Chadwick’s (Jacquemier’s) sign
Hegar’s sign
Goodell’s sign
Palmer’s sign
Tyre sign
Chvostek (Weiss) sign
Trousseau’s sign
Broken neck sign
Mc Evan’s sign
Romberg sign
