An autopsy is a medical study that is done on a person or animal after it dies, it has the purpose of determining what were the causes of death of the patient under study. In terms of criminology, the forensic autopsy is a primary tool, thanks to which it is possible to determine what the " Modus Operandi " was in the case of a murder or death with many clues and nothing clear at the same time. The autopsy is performed by highly qualified “ Forensic ” medical personnel who apply different study mechanisms in which the primary is observation and dissection.
The dissection consists of opening the body with forensic utensils in order to determine in more detail how the death process was in the corpse, an example: The corpse has a bullet impact in the right side, made with a specific angle, which it crossed the ribs and later attacked the periphery of the right lung, in this way it can be determined that due to a failure of the respiratory system of the person, death occurred. Also known as Necropsy, the Autopsy shows us in its etymology (“ Autós ” that means oneself or “ Body ” and “ Opsis ” of “ Observe“) Suggests that it is basically an observational study. The Greeks have been the first to document a study of corpses in history. There are mainly two types of autopsy, the first is the forensic one, as explained before, it is the one carried out in order to end up in a crime scene such as the death of a victim.
The second and more important than the first at an academic level is the clinical autopsy, it is carried out in the main university hospitals, in these the death of a patient with some disease is studied in depth, these elaborate autopsies completely divide the body in each part possibly affected by a bacteria or evil and they study them carefully, emphasizing the reactions that the patient had to the medications that were administered or the treatments that were received, both physical and chemical. These studies are transcendental for the evolution of medicine in the world.
