Schneider V, Bratzke H, Maxeiner H
Z Rechtsmed. 1982;89(2):131-43. doi: 10.1007/BF02092381.
The objects of examination were two legs and two arms that were recovered at different times from waters traveled on by motor ships. The right leg was exarticulated at the hip joint, as was the right arm at the shoulder joint. Identification was complicated since both thumbs were exarticulated at the basal joints; the fingers II to V, respectively, were partially amputated. Identity (57-year-old vocational school teacher) could be established nevertheless by a number of anatomic findings (such as Dupuytren's contracture, coxitis, hallux rigidus), the blood group "O" was tatooed on the inner side of the left upper arm. The results of the laboratory examinations were only of limited use due to advanced decomposition (beginning formation of adipocere). Special attention should be given to the fact that on the same part of the corpse there were signs of defensive corpse dismemberment and injuries from a ship's propeller as well. Under no circumstances can an examination of the bones, after thorough maceration, be dispensed with; X-ray examinations are also imperative in cases of this nature.
检验对象是从机动船航行过的水域中在不同时间找到的两条腿和两条胳膊。右腿在髋关节处离断，右臂在肩关节处离断。由于两个拇指均在基部关节处离断，且食指至小指均有部分截断，身份鉴定变得复杂。不过，通过一些解剖学特征（如掌腱膜挛缩、髋关节炎、拇僵硬症）仍可确定身份（57岁的职业学校教师），左上肢内侧有血型“O”的纹身。由于尸体高度腐败（开始形成尸蜡），实验室检验结果的作用有限。应特别注意的是，在尸体同一部位既有尸体防御性肢解的迹象，也有船舶螺旋桨造成的损伤。在任何情况下，彻底浸软后对骨骼的检查都不可或缺；此类案件进行X光检查也势在必行。
