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J Gerchow

Publications and source records attributed to J Gerchow.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1978

[Traumatic thrombosis of the carotis artery (author's transl)].

The case of an 51-year-old man, who died about 24 hrs after having tried to commit suicide by hanging is reported. Death was caused by rupture of an arteriosclerotic layer in the left carotis communis artery with consecutive intramural bleeding and thrombosis of the left carotis communis, carotis interna and carotis externa arteries. In this respect another case of an injury of the neck and thrombosis of the carotis interna artery is reported. On the basis of these two cases the clinical and legal importance of diagnosis and causal connexion are discussed.

Carotid Artery Thrombosis↗
PubMed1978

[On the problem of defensive dismembering of a dead body by a person not involved in the previous homicide (author's transl)].

A person accused of murder maintained that he found his nextdoor neighbour dead. Because he had already served a long sentence for homicide he stated that in a state of panic he dismembered and removed the dead body not to be suspected again.--For collecting information legal medicine institutions of the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria and Switzerland were consulted. The results are very instructive and are completed by reports from the literature. No proven case was found in which a person dismembered and disposed of an incidentally found body (or the body of someone who incidentally died in the presence of the subject) in order to prevent suspicion of guilt. Occasionally those statements were made, and also refuted.

Adult↗
PubMed1976

[On the problem of capability to act during mechanical suffocation (author's transl)].

On a case of mechanical suffocation the problem of persistent "capability to act" during continuing insufficient blood perfusion of the brain is discussed. This means a form of manifestation exhibiting a certain aim, but which cannot be related to voluntary human behaviour. As an explanation reflex-like stimulus-reaction connexions often repeated during life-time are suggested. Similarly, verbal expressions not compatible with the actual situation at the point of death after severe injuries of the frontal lobe cannot be explained conclusively. Those manifestations can probably be attributed to engram-like or life-style forming impressions.

Aged↗