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[[Image:Gunshot_wonud_to_leg.JPG|thumb|right|Gunshot wound to the leg | [[Image:Gunshot_wonud_to_leg.JPG|thumb|right|Gunshot wound to the leg showing entrance and exit. (WC)]] | ||
[[Image:Hofmann Lehrbuch brain gunshot.jpg|thumb|right|Depiction of a gunshot wound of the brain. (WC/National Library of Medicine)]] | [[Image:Hofmann Lehrbuch brain gunshot.jpg|thumb|right|Depiction of a gunshot wound of the brain. (WC/National Library of Medicine)]] | ||
This article deals with '''gunshot wounds''', which are seen by (forensic) pathologists in the context of forensic autopsies. | This article deals with '''gunshot wounds''', which are seen by (forensic) pathologists in the context of forensic autopsies. | ||
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An introduction to forensic pathology is in the ''[[forensic pathology]]'' article. | An introduction to forensic pathology is in the ''[[forensic pathology]]'' article. | ||
== | ==Bullet accounting== | ||
Number of entrance wounds should equal the number of exit wounds. | Number of entrance wounds should equal the number of exit wounds. | ||
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==Firearm projectiles== | ==Firearm projectiles== | ||
[[Image:260529196 232ebabc57 bBalleIncendiaire.jpg|thumb|200px|X-rays are useful for locating bullets. (WC)]] | |||
===Evidence=== | ===Evidence=== | ||
*Bullets are often good evidence: | *Bullets are often good evidence: | ||
**The calibre (size) and markings from the barrel (on handgun/rifle projectiles) allow it to be matched to the weapon that fired it. | **The calibre (size) and markings from the barrel (on handgun/rifle projectiles) allow it to be matched to the weapon that fired it. | ||
**Thus, all projectiles are recovered from a body... and it is | **Thus, all projectiles are recovered from a body... and it is routine to X-ray all gunshot victims. | ||
===Classification=== | ===Classification=== | ||