chapter 1 Medicolegal Investigative Systems -- chapter 2 Time of Death -- chapter 3 Deaths Due to Natural Disease -- chapter 4 Blunt Trauma Wounds -- chapter 5 Blunt Trauma Injuries of the Trunk and Extremities -- chapter 6 Trauma to the Skull and Brain: Craniocerebral Injuries -- chapter 7 Wounds Caused by Pointed and Sharp-Edged Weapons -- chapter 8 Asphyxia -- chapter 9 Deaths Caused by Motor Vehicle Accidents -- chapter 10 Airplane Crashes -- chapter 11 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome -- chapter 12 Neonaticide, Infanticide, and Child Homicide -- chapter 13 Fire Deaths -- chapter 14 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning -- chapter 15 Death by Drowning -- chapter 16 Electrocution -- chapter 17 Hyperthermia and Hypothermia: the Effects of Heat and Cold -- chapter 18 Rape -- chapter 19 Emboli -- chapter 20 Topics in Forensic Pathology -- chapter 21 Nursing Home Deaths -- chapter 22 Sudden Death During or Immediately after a Violent Struggle -- chapter 23 Interpretive Toxicology: Drug Abuse and Drug Deaths.