The practice of forensic pathology includes the collection and analysis of evidence in
relation to a corpse in order to establish the cause of death. Knowledge of the cause of death …

Thirty-two self-immolation deaths by fire, representing about 1% of suicides, occurred in the
province of Ontario (population 9 million), Canada, from 1986 through 1988. The victims, …

Case reviews based on autopsy studies have shown that motor vehicle collisions cause
between 50 and 90% of traumatic aortic ruptures. Very few studies have analyzed the nature …

Assessment of the role of air bag deployment in injury causation in a crash of any severity
requires analysis of occupant, vehicle, and impact data. The potential injurious role of an air …

Restoration projects and archaeologic excavations in two Canadian prisons resulted in the
recovery of the skeletons of six felons executed by judicial hanging. Damage inflicted by …

Sudden death resulting from intracardiac leiomyomatosis is rare. In this case, a 50-year-old
woman was found to have intracardiac leiomyomatosis, which originated in veins in the …

Introduction: Injury patterns in pedestrians struck by motor vehicles were described in medical
literature first published almost a half century ago. “Classical” triads of injury distribution …

Objective To describe fatal pediatric pedestrian injury patterns and correlate them with
motor vehicle collision (MVC) characteristics and pedestrian kinematics using data from …

Fatal civil aviation crashes in Ontario from 1985 to 1989 were studied. Data regarding accident
circumstances, injury patterns and medical factors (disease, alcohol/drugs) which could …

Reference charts for body and organ measurements of neonates and infants were derived
from data on 900 investigations done by the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario. The …