Forensic Histopathology

Professor Reinhard Dettmeyer is Head of the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. Professor Dettmeyer is qualified in both general pathology and forensic pathology, and studied medicine at the University of Düsseldorf and jurisprudence at the Ruhr University, Bochum. Prior to taking up his post in Giessen, he was Senior Physician in the Department of Forensic Medicine at the University of Bonn.He has written many journal articles on forensic pathology and is co-author of several German language books on child abuse, forensic medicine, and medicolegal issues; in addition, he acted as scientific editor for Volume 2 of the comprehensive Handbuch Gerichtliche Medizin (Handbook of Forensic Medicine). He has also co-authored the book “Forensic Medicine – Fundamentals and Perspectives”, published by Springer in 2014.

“The present book represents a decisive contribution to keep this fact in mind. Trainees during residency as well as experienced specialists in legal medicine, whether practitioners or researchers, will find the book very instructive and helpful for their daily business.” (Daniel Wittschieber, International Journal of Legal Medicine, Vol 133, 2019)​

• Introduction.- Staining Techniques and Microscopy.- Histopathology of Selected Trauma.- Histopathology and Drug abuse.- Toxin- and drug-associated Pathologies.- Alcohol-Related Histopathology.- Heat, Fire, Electricity, Lightning, Radiation, and Gases.- Hypothermia.- Thrombosis and Embolism.- Vitality, Injury Age, Determination of Skin Wound Age, and Fracture Age.- Aspiraton and Inhalation.- Forensic-Histological Diagnosis of Species, Gender, Age and Identity.- Coronary Sclerosis, Myocardial Infarction, Myocarditis, Cardiomyopathy, Coronary Anomalies, and the Cardia Conduction System.- Vascular, Cardia Valve, and Metabolic Diseases.- Lethal Infections, Sepsis, and Shock.- Endocrine Organs.- Pregnancy-Related Death, Death in Newborns, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.- Forensic Cytology.- Autolysis-Putrefaction-Histothanatology.- Forensic Neuropathology.