Sudebno-meditsinskaia ekspertiza
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Historical Article
[On the history of foundation of the Russian Society of Forensic Medicine].
This analysis of archive documents has revealed unknown facts from the history of the single professional association of forensic medical examiners that existed in the pre-revolutionary Russia. Special attention is given to the contribution made by specialists based at Sankt-Peterburg to the foundation of the Russian Society of Forensic Medicine.
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Lethal concentration of bupivacaine was determined based on the examination of a case of poisoning with this local anesthetic agent taken at a dose 5 times the normal value. This study is of special interest taking into consideration the lack of data on toxic and lethal doses of bupivacaine in splanchnic organs and tissues in the literature.