title: [Gunshot injury caused by a training bullet].
abstract: In the course of a scuffle a 50-year old man has been shot by a revolver. The culprit and witnesses state, there has been only one shot, whereas the victim declared having been shot twice. The medico-legal investigation revealed a gunshot wound that passed through the left thigh, a grazing shot of the right hand and a superficial lesion of the skin at the forehead with sprinkled gunshot residue in the epidermis. The investigation confirmed the statement of the victim: the first shot to the forehead was caused by a plastic training cartridge, the second to the right hand and thigh by a cartridge loaded with an ordinary bullet.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Gerichtliche Medizin des Kantonsspitals St. Gallen.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rabl
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Markwalder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000473:pathology; D005389:Firearms; D005546:Forehead / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D013848:Thigh / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Schussverletzung durch Trainingsmunition.