DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC MEDICINE
GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE, KADAPA-516002. A.P
POSTMORTEM CERTIFICATE
P.M. No. : Date:
Body Brought & Identified by :
Body sent by :
Crime No. & Police Station :
Date and Hours of receipt of requisition: at
Date and hour of Autopsy : at
SCHEDULE OF OBSERVATIONS
A – GENERAL
1. Name :
2. Sex :
3. Age : years
4. Height : cms
5. Physique :
6. Nutrition :
7. Special Identifying features :
a.
b.
8. External appearances :
9. Postmortem Changes :
10. Injuries :
PM No:
Dt:
Antemortem external and internal injuries:
B – HEAD AND NECK
11. Scalp :
2
PM No:
Dt:
12. Skull :
13. Brain, meninges, and cerebral
vessels :
14. Orbital, nasal, and aural cavities :
15. Mouth, Tongue and Pharynx :
16. Neck, larynx, thyroid & other neck
Structures :
C – CHEST
17. Ribs and Chest wall :
18. Diaphragm :.
19. Mediastinum and thymus :
20. Esophagus :
21. Trachea and Bronchi :
22. Pleural Cavities Right :
Left :
23. Lungs Right :
Left :
24. Heart and Pericardial sac :
25. Large blood vessel :
D - ABDOMEN
26. Abdominal wall :
27. Peritoneal Cavity :
28. Stomach and its contents :
29. Small Intestine :
30. Large Intestine :
31. Liver, Gall bladder and biliary
passages :
32. Pancreas :
33. Spleen :
34. Kidneys Right :
Left :
35. Adrenals :
36. Pelvic Walls :
37. Genital Organs :
38. Bladder :
E –SPINE
39. Spinal Column and Spinal Cord :
F – ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS
3
PM No:
Dt:
Nil
G –TISSUES PRESERVED FOR FURTHER EXAMINATIONS
Nil
H. SPECIMENS PRESERVED FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
[Link] Specimen preserved [Link] Preservative added
1. Stomach & its contents, 1 Saturated solution of NaCl.
Small intestine & its contents
2. Liver tissue & Kidney tissue 2 Saturated solution of NaCl.
3. Blood 3
Preservative Saturated solution of NaCl.
Postmortem concluded at : on
OPINION AS TO THE CAUSE OF DEATH
1. The approximate time of death :
2. Reserved pending report :
3. The cause of death to the best of
my knowledge and belief :
GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE, Signature
KADAPA.