1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, AIIMS, Patna
2Professor & HoD, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
3Medical Officer, Central Reserve Police Force, Government of India, (Earlier Junior Resident, Deptt. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, RIMS, Ranchi.)
4Senior Resident, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, AIIMS, Patna
*Corresponding author: Binay Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, AIIMS, Patna Email: dr.binay_rimsranchi@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 8 July, 2016.
Despite various regulations formulated by different government time to time, practice of allopathic medicine by unqualified persons in India is very rampant. Quackery in India is widely practiced social evil which significantly adds morbidity and mortality. The case report is of a male aged about 40yrs brought dead in central emergency of RIMS, Ranchi, with history of headache which had been tried to be treated with aspirin by a quack. The post-mortem finding showed the presence of thin layer of subdural haemorrhage over the surface of right side of cerebrum with multiple minor haemorrhagic spots in substance of brain and in apex of cerebellum. Initially at autopsy intra-cranial hemorrhage due to blunt trauma was suspected but detailed history was correlated with hypertensive hemorrhage complicated by aspirin administration. The case report highlights the complication of quackery and also the importance of proper history taking before autopsy.
Quackery, Subdural haemorrhage, Aspirin, Blunt trauma
