title: [Gunshot into the eye].
abstract: A 55-year-old man was found dead sitting at his work-bench. A pistol Parabellum 1908 (9 mm Luger) was disassembled on the work-table. A pack of 9 mm Luger full metal jacket ammunition was opened. The left side of his glasses and the left eye were injured. The autopsy proved the death from air embolism. Radiography of the head revealed metallic fragments along the bullet path. The bullet had lost the jacket and the core was fragmented. Gunshot residues on the hands of the deceased and on the left side of the face indicated that the lethal injury was self inflicted. The function of the pistol "08" explicated that a shot could be fired from the isolated barrel which formed a unit with the bolt. The bullet showed traces of manipulation. In the house there were found other self-made dumdum-bullets. Death could be explained as an accident while cleaning the pistol.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Bonn.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schyma
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schyma
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D002423:Cause of Death; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005123:Eye / Q000473:pathology; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000473:pathology*; D005389:Firearms / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*