[The male genital in legal medicine].
Pathomorphological findings for the male genital are an exception among forensic cases. In earlier publications they were usually published as individual cases. A significant percentage are the so-called fertility- and potency medical certificates, which are usually commissioned for doubtful paternity cases. Old forensic writings about genital injuries distinguish--apart from the necessity of a complete dissection--between "deadly as such" and "accidentally deadly" injuries. Another group consists of reports about self-inflicted genital mutilation, e.g. among prison inmates or soldiers of the last world wars to become an invalid. When it was necessary to identify a corpse, e.g. in cases of progressive decomposition, Merkel recommended in 1945 the representation of the so-called "Schnepfenkopf" (snipe head; colliculus seminalis) in the lesser pelvis. In this article a medical and forensic review of forensically relevant findings of the male genital is presented and illustrated with historical cases.
Albrecht
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Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover. Albrecht.Knut@MH-Hannover.de
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D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000266:history*; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000293:injuries*; D005858:Germany; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000266:history*; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000266:history*; D014572:Urology / Q000266:history*