By Beat P. Kneubuehl, Robin Coupland, Markus A. Rothschild, Michael Thali

Interdisciplinary – THE work on wound ballistics

basics

The necessary basic knowledge of physics, ammunition and weapons, ballistics
Behavior of bullets in humans and animals (physics of gunshot wounds)
Experimental simulation of gunshot wounds and the appropriate materials

applications

Forensic medicine and criminalistics

The gunshot wound as a criminal clue (reconstruction of the course of the crime, shot distance)
Non-lethal projectiles and their dangers
Danger from projectiles

Emergency and War Surgery

Assessing injuries from small arms bullets and fragments
Gas jets (for blank and gas weapons)

International Conventions

Physical measures of the injury potential (effectiveness) of projectiles and fragments

reference book

Tables (ballistic data of numerous – also older – types of cartridges, material properties, as well as many otherwise difficult to access data)
Trilingual glossary of subject-specific terms (German, English, French)

NEU

Wound ballistics of police bullets
References to recent research results
Colored illustrations

The increase in terrorist and criminal activities worldwide is not limited to members of the armed forces. Surgeons, forensic pathologists, police officers and criminalists must also know and be able to assess the special features of gunshot wounds.

Product Details

Publisher: Springer; 4. Aufl. 2022 edition (May 6, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ German
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 543 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 366264858X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3662648582
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9783662648582
eText ISBN: 9783662648599

Orthopaedics & Trauma

Wundballistik: Grundlagen und Anwendungen (German Edition) (Original PDF from Publisher)