Experimental effect of shots caused by projectiles fired from air guns with kinetic energy below 17 J.

Pursuant to the Polish Weapons and Ammunitions Law (Legal Gazette No 53/1999 item 549 with subsequent amendments), air guns with kinetic energy of the fired projectiles below 17 J are not regarded as weapons. The aim of the study was to assess the potential effect of shots caused by projectiles of various mass and structure fired from air guns with kinetic energy below 17 J on human soft tissues. As a model of soft tissue, we used 20% gelatin blocks.

[Myocarditis in two cases of HIV infection].

The authors present two cases of death in young persons infected with HIV virus and diagnosed with inflammatory changes of the heart muscle rarely seen in forensic medical practice. In one of the cases, only the findings revealed upon autopsy did prompt the examiner to suspect the infection, even though before death, the patient had been in several hospitals.