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134: 41: 452: 118: 261:. Such examination can yield valuable information about the weapon used to produce the injury. From the external appearance and internal findings, the pathologist will usually be able to offer opinion about the dimensions of the weapon including the width and minimum possible length of the blade. It is possible to determine whether the weapon was single edged or double edged. 207:, an elongated concave depression in a metal blade, functions to let blood out of the body in order to cause more damage. This misconception has led to fullers becoming widely known as "blood grooves". The fuller is actually a structural reinforcement of the blade similar in design to a metal I-beam used in construction. However, 249:, it is now considered safe not to operate if the patient is stable. In that case, they should be observed for signs of decompensation indicating a serious injury. If the patient initially presents stabbing injuries and is unstable, then laparotomy should be initiated to discover and rectify any internal injury. 187:, literally "belly-cutting" since it involves cutting open the abdomen). The ritual is highly codified, and the person committing suicide is assisted by a "second" who is entrusted to decapitate him cleanly (and thus expedite death and prevent an undignified spectacle) once he has made the abdominal wound. 211:
is just as dangerous as external bleeding; if enough blood vessels are severed to cause serious injury, the skin's elasticity will do nothing to prevent blood from exiting the circulatory system and accumulating uselessly in other parts of the body.
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203:, the skin often closes tightly around the object and closes again if the object is removed, which can trap some blood within the body. It has thus been speculated that the 83:
in that the motion of the object used in a stabbing generally moves perpendicular to and directly into the victim's body, rather than being drawn across it.
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involved a sharp instrument; of these a larger proportion of females used a sharp instrument (13%) versus males (8.2%).
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has a somewhat elastic property as a self-defense; when the human body is stabbed by a thin object such as a small
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Sometimes factors like the taper of the blade and movement of knife in the wound can also be determined.
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because knives are cheap, easy to acquire (or manufacture), easily concealable and relatively effective.
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When someone who has sustained a stab wound dies, the body is autopsied and the wound is inspected by a
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Although previously a victim of abdominal stabbing would be subject to exploratory surgery
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Stabbings have been common throughout human history and were the means used to
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boarded a ship, unaware of the severity of her condition as consequence of an
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In Japan, the historical practice of stabbing oneself deliberately in
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or rough contact with a sharp or pointed object at close range.
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a number of distinguished historical figures, such as Second
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Murder weapon, evidence and photos from a murder case in
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In 2013, about 8 million stabbings occurred worldwide.
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For information relating to terrorist stabbings, see
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After being attacked and stabbed in September 1898,
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Index

Stab wound
Stabbing as a terrorist tactic
Stabbing set

The Haywain Triptych
Hieronymus Bosch
penetration
assassin
murderer
slashing
cutting
gangs
prisons
homicides

Austro-Hungarian Empress Elisabeth of Bavaria
acute stress reaction

Trondheim
assassinate
Caliph
Umar
Roman dictator
Julius Caesar
emperor
Caligula
ritual suicide
seppuku
skin
kitchen knife

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