International Journal of Medical Toxicology & Legal Medicine
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue: 1and2

Upper limb severing caused by bull attack: a case report

  • Author:
  • Amit Sharma
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 8 to 9

Assistant Professor, Forensic Medicine, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi-62

Online published on 29 April, 2015.

Abstract

Injuries of varying types and nature and deaths caused by Bull and other cattle are quite common in rural India. However, the incidence of such injuries is quite low in urban dwellings. In the present case a rare feature of dismemberment of left upper limb from its root following a bull attack is reported and an attempt is made to explain the probable reason and mechanism for the same.

Keywords

Bull attack, Injuries, Severing of limb