I am a rookie forensic pathologist blooging my way through the first year on the cutting room floor. It's graphic in here-- there's blood and worse. Look away or read on: it's up to you.

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Bagpiping

I'm still compiling the list of rules of forensics.

Rule #1: Bring oatmeal

(around here, we start cases in the morning and spend the afternoons going to court, filling out paperwork, returning calls from detectives, going to lectures... so there's never time for lunch. Oatmeal isn't bad for you, it's filling, and you can make up the instant stuff at the water cooler near the case files)

Rule #2: People are going to put it where it doesn't seem to go

In dealing with sex crimes, you should pretty much swab everywhere because (see post title) people are going to put that thing in the darndest places...