title: An improved method of gunshot wound examination.
abstract: Examination fo gunshot wounds can frequently be obscured by dried blood and other extraneous artifacts. This note describes a method that involves irrigation of the wound with commercial hydrogen peroxide (3%  by volume). Which enhances the wound without altering the abrasion ring or powder residues.
mesh_terms: D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide