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| Keywords: Gunshot patterns.jpg Chest plates commissioned by Frances Glessner Lee about 1940 Mrs Frances Glessner Lee the heiress to the International Harvester fortune had a passion for forensic science As a teaching and reference tool she made a series of ceramic plates that illustrate the typical wound patterns caused by gunshots fired from a variety of weapons at different distances The six ceramic chest plates here part of a much larger collection show the wound patterns caused by a Smith Wesson 38 revolver with lead bullet shot at various distances The chest plates are used as teaching aids and for reference Distance are bottom row left to right contact 1 3 Top row left to right 6 25 exit wound Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Baltimore Maryland From exhibition Visible Proofs Forensic Views of the Body U S National Library of Medicine 8600 Rockville Pike Bethesda MD 20894 2006-02-16 National Institutes of Health Health Human Services PD-USGov-NIH PD-USGov Gunshot wounds | ||||
