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==Brain== | ==Brain== | ||
*One should saw through the skull completely, i.e. one should not crack the skull open with a chisel. | *One should saw through the skull completely, i.e. one should not "crack" the skull open with a chisel. | ||
**Cracking open the skull may result in artefactual fractures that are impossible to differentiate from antemortem fractures. | |||
**Cuts into the brain (from opening the skull) are not difficult to distinguish from antemortem injuries. | |||
==Weird stuff== | ==Weird stuff== | ||