The document provides guidelines for writing answers in toxicology. It advises writing answers in a precise, point-by-point format focused on a specific poison. Key points to cover include the toxin's name and source, physical characteristics, mode of administration, signs and symptoms, cause of death, fatal dose and period, treatment, postmortem appearance, and medicolegal aspects. Diagrams, flow charts and tables can help explanations. Answers should avoid personal philosophy and homoeopathic treatments while including proper units and scales.

1. Toxicology
Q. How to write an answer for toxicology?
Q. Which points should be covered in
answer?
Dr. Vineet Sinnarkar

2. Golden rules to write an toxicology
answer.
• First it is not a philosophical subject. It is a
clinical/ practical subject. Try to AVOID adding
your own philosophy to your answer.
This is not a
philosophy class.

3. • Write answer in a précised format in point
wise manner.

4. • Answer should be specific for the specific
poison.

5. • Don’t write fatal dose and fatal period
without units or without proper measuring
scale.

6. • Don't write homoeopathic treatment in
general treatment plan.

7. • Use – proper diagrams, flow charts, tables for
better explanations.

8. Answer should be consist of following points:
• 1) Toxin- Common name, (botanical name, chemical
formula if any).
• 2) Source- animal/vegetable/chemical/mechanical etc.
• 3) Physical Characteristic- i.e. Appearance, colour,
odour, soluble in water/alcohol.
• 4) Mode of administration: ingestion, inhalation etc.
• 5) Signs and symptoms: a) local b) remote/ systemic.
• 6) Cause Of Death:
• 7) Fatal Dose And Fatal Period:
• 8) Treatment:
• 9) Postmortem Appearance:
• 10) Medicolgal aspect: suicidal, homicidal, accidental
or if any other.

9. •And last...

10. • Avoid “ kuch bhi likh, chalata hai”
attitude.

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