1Department of Forensic Medicine, JSS Medical College, Mysore-15
2Department of Forensic Medicine, PES Institute of Medical Sciences, Kuppam-517 425 (A.P.)
A young male aged 22 years was admitted to JSS Medical College Hospital, Mysore on 03rd September 2004 at 10 PM with a history of consumption of toilet cleaner (phenol), with complaints of severe burning sensation in the abdomen and episodes of vomiting of blood (6–8 times). He was treated for the same for 4 days but succumbed on 07th September at 10.45 PM. The body was shifted to the mortuary under the department of Forensic Medicine. Subsequent postmortem examination revealed features of nitric acid poisoning.
