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The authors commemorate the 100th anniversary of the publication of Slavíks textbook Forensic Pathology for Medical and Legal Students and the 125th anniversary of the 1st Czech forensic autopsy. They introduce professor V. Slavík and describe his personal qualities and expertise. The content of the textbook is described. The topicality of Slavíks explanations and the tradition of Czech forensic pathology are discussed. Key words: forensic pathology - history of Czech forensic pathology - textbooks of forensic pathology.
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Autopsy/history , Forensic Medicine/history , Czech Republic , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Textbooks as Topic/historyABSTRACT
The phenomenon of eponymous terms used in forensic medicine is described in the paper. Their linguistic basis, advantages and disadvantages for specialists or wider circles is discussed. Their spread in various language discourses is mentioned. A list of the most important eponymous terms in forensic medicine is the papers focus.
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Eponyms , Forensic MedicineABSTRACT
The paper describes the computer program NEWTON Dictate which is used for speech recognition and transcription. The possible uses of this program in forensic medicine are discussed, especially concerning the recognition and transcription of the autopsy findings. Specific conditions of the forensic medicine are introduced, with their influence on speech recognition and translation being the focus. The authors analyze program improvement aimed at reducing mistakes in recognition and transcription which may occur during autopsy work flow. Such improvement involves appropriate vocabulary usage and special vocal adaptation. The role of the autopsy secretary is acknowledged.
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Autopsy , Records , Speech Recognition Software , Forensic Pathology , HumansABSTRACT
The paper describes the medico-legal language style of texts which are often meant for non-medical scholars. Traditionally, the Czech language has been used in forensic medicine, instead of Latin (words with Latin roots). The paper also presents requirements for the language style of medico-legal texts as we have found them in academic publications. The core of the paper is an analysis of the anatomical terms extracted from autopsy protocols. We focus on designation of those anatomical structures which do not have their established Czech equivalents. Possibilities of a future research of the Czech anatomical nomenclature standardization for speech recognition (e.g., autopsy protocols) are mentioned.
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Anatomy , Forensic Medicine , Terminology as Topic , HumansABSTRACT
During a survey of the coccidian parasites of reptiles, caryosporan oocysts wee found in the faeces of wild and captive European viperid snakes Vipera berus (L.) and V. ammodytes (L.). Thirty two of 37 examined V. berus (86%) and 9 of 17 examined V. ammodytes (53%) specimens were found to be passing caryosporan oocysts. Morphological characters of all caryosporan isolates were identical and fitted well with the description of Caryospora simplex Léger, 1904. Experimental inoculation of severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice with seven isolates of C. simplex from V. berus or V. ammodytes confirmed the heteroxenous life cycle pattern, for the first time for isolates of evidently European origin. Caryosporan developmental stages were observed in the connective tissues of the nose, cheeks, ear and scrotum in all inoculated SCID mice. V. berus and V. ammodytes represent new hosts for C. simplex. The present paper represents the first widely based report on coccidian parasites of the genus Caryospora Léger in European viperids. Our findings indicate a wide distribution of C. simplex throughout the range of distribution of snakes of the genus Vipera.
