[Obesity--comorbidities and causes of death]. / Adipositas: Folgekrankheiten und Todesursachen--eine rechtsmedizinische Betrachtung.

53% of the forensically autopsied decedents in Hamburg were overweight. The cause of death and any comorbidities, especially coronary heart disease, are often associated with the obese condition. This correlation is illustrated by two examples, viz. a 65- and a 56-year-old man with grade III obesity, which do not only show the medical but also the logistical problems that come along with it.

[Delusional disorder, autoaggression und suicide]. / Wahnerkrankung, Autoaggression und Suizid.

The authors report on the suicide of a 27-year-old woman with extreme self-inflicted injuries. The victim suffered from schizophrenic psychosis with several stays in mental institutions and one previous suicide attempt. Autopsy revealed multiple cut and stab injuries in various body regions (51 stabs to the chest, cutting off parts of ears and nose, stab to the eye and transection of the scalp). Death was caused by exsanguination.