[The differentiation of acute coronary failure and asphyxia as the causes of death]. / Differentsiatsiia ostroi koronarnoi nedostatochnosti i asfiksii kak prichin smerti.

A death case is described caused by acute coronary failure due to atherosclerotic involvement of heart vessels. Death occurred suddenly during compression of the thorax with the hands of a strong young man. Initial forensic medical expert evaluation came to a conclusion that death ensued from asphyxia resultant from thorax compression. Repeated expert evaluation considered thoracic compression as a factor conducive to death.

[The establishment of the features of the blade of a stabbing-cutting weapon by the damages to human skin and to tricot clothing]. / Ustanovlenie nekotorykh osobennostei klinka koliushche-rezhushchego orudiia po povrazhdeniiam kozhi cheloveka i trikotazha odezhdy.

Presents forensic medical characteristics of the specific features of stabbed and cut injuries of human skin and jersey. Suggests a complex of signs that will help determine some structural parameters of a knife blade and the conditions of its interaction with the injured site of human body.