Spitz and Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death  5th Edition by Werner U. Spitz

This is not just a new edition but a different book, emphasizing trauma and wound analysis. The addition of a new co-editor, Dr. Francisco J. Diaz has brought new ideas to this fifth edition. A chapter by Doctor Jan Leetsma, a world-renowned neuropathologist, has also been included. Doctor Leetsmas' vast experience in forensic neuropathology will certainly enhance this book. Several chapters have been eliminated that are no longer applicable or that are adequately covered in other publications. Over time, in the past 48 years, since this book was first published, Medicolegal Investigation of Death has been dubbed the Bible of Forensic Pathology. The fifth edition includes over 600 case reports and hundreds of color photographs. The cases are from files the authors have personally handled. According to author Spitz, We have found many times analysis of small wounds will lead to the understanding of a giant case like the case in Hawaii, where a body was found under a full-size van, with a thread mark on the cheek consistent with having been hit with a black pipe used for gas lines that were found in a bucket in the rear of the van.