Color Atlas Of Forensic Pathology [Hardcover]

Jay Dix (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0849302781 | ISBN-13: 978-0849302787 | Publication Date: December 21, 1999 | Edition: 1

A male homicide victim with a shotgun blast to the chest. A female drug addict who has overdosed on crack cocaine. An elderly woman with deep stab wounds to the neck. A two-year-old motor vehicle accident victim with blunt head trauma. For forensic pathologists, police detectives, and crime scene investigators, dealing with death and injury is a daily routine. But even after investigating thousands of drownings, shootings, stabbings, electrocutions, overdoses, and traffic accidents, most professionals in the investigative fields still haven't seen it all. Originally published on CD-ROM, the Color Atlas of Forensic Pathology addresses much of the basic information which forensic pathologists and other investigators deal with on a day to day basis. Packed with 780 full-color, captioned photographs, this atlas examines everything from time of death and decomposition, to identification, to causes of death from blunt trauma, firearm injuries, asphyxia, cutting and stabbing injuries, and more. The atlas shows the various causes of death and injury with case -- "visuals" to help investigators understand the work they perform. Indeed, with its exhaustive coverage, the Color Atlas of Forensic Pathology will provide investigators with valuable insight into the many different causes of death and injury they must deal with and how the manners of death are diagnosed.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A vast number of good quality photographs … Persons most likely to benefit from this interesting book are beginners just entering the profession of forensic pathology, but the book can serve as useful review material for more senior forensic practitioners, too.
—Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Volume 1, Number 2, July-December 2000

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (December 21, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849302781
• ISBN-13: 978-0849302787
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,093,467 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst book on the subject., April 1, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Color Atlas Of Forensic Pathology (Hardcover)

This was the worst purchase I have ever made. This is a poorly illustrated coffee table book on death. There is no educational value. Although it is obvious that the author (Jay Dix) had great cases during his career, they are very poorly photographed, and the publisher has done a pitiful job of reproducing them. If you have an interest in learning ANYTHING about the world of forensic pathology, this is NOT the book for you. At about a dollar per page, this book is not worth your time.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jay Dix's "Forensic Pathology: A Color Atlas" Delivers, January 3, 2007

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Charles M. Kline "fx artist" (Washington DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Color Atlas Of Forensic Pathology (Hardcover)

As a make-up effects artist in the Indie horror film circuit, where quality is frequently diminished by a tight budget, I find Mr. Dix's atlas on the subject of Forensic Pathology to be an indispensable pictorial reference. The photographs presented on the CD-rom version, while explicit and unflinching, provide the realism necessary to take a low-budget production and give it the professional boost it needs in order to make it more marketable.