Suicidal crossbow bolt cardiac injury

Experimental evidence for lithic projectile injuries: improving identification of an under-recognised phenomenon

“…A wound caused by an arrow is unlikely to be missed. Consequently, medical discussions of such injuries, such as those of Preiss et al [42] and Amirjamshidi et al [3] focus on approaches to treatment rather than methods of diagnosis. Where such accounts mention bone it is generally brief, describing only the location and depth of penetration, with the morphology of bony defects not considered (e.g.…”

Successful treatment of penetrating injury of the chest followed by heart and aorta damage with crossbow

“…С момента появления более эффективных видов вооружения ранения человека стрелами, выпущенными из лука или арбалета, становятся большой редкостью. В литературе [4,5] описаны единичные случаи ранения сердца стрелами. Если найденные нами публикации об успешном лечении ранения сердца одной арбалетной стрелой немногочисленны, то случаев с успешным исходом при ранении этого непарного органа двумя стрелами нам не попадалось.…”

An unusual case of homicide with a crossbow and a hunting knife

“…However, it is an extremely dangerous object because of its characteristics, and it has huge potential to harm, being capable of launching an arrow at a remarkable speed, with a high degree of penetration 1 that is able to pierce even the most resistant bony structures. 2 Traumatic lethal injuries from crossbow darts are very rare events in forensic pathology, [3][4][5][6] attributable to suicide [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] accidental events [15][16][17][18] and, more rarely, to murder. 3,[19][20][21] The present case is unusual not only for the link between the two psychiatrists (one -the care provider -was the victim, and the other -the patient -was the murderer), but also for the particular combination of the murder weapons involved: a hunting knife and a crossbow, Hou Shiueh model which has not been previously reported in the literature.…”