Estudio médico forense de la lesión del costado derecho del hombre de la Síndone

Abstract

La imagen antropomórfica que se observa en el objeto arqueológico denominado Síndone de Turín presenta numerosas manchas de sangre que se han atribuido por los investigadores a lesiones punzantes, contusas, incisas, inciso-punzantes e inciso-contusas de diversa etiología. Una de esas manchas aparece en la zona del costado derecho, y se ha atribuido a una lesión inciso-punzante penetrante en tórax presumiblemente ocasionada por un arma blanca dotada de punta y filo. En el ámbito de la Medicina Legal y Forense, ante la presencia de una lesión penetrante, es de obligado cumplimiento, si es posible, determinar la trayectoria o trayectorias, así como la profundidad de dicha lesión, y finalmente, determinar si dicha lesión presenta orificio u orificios de salida. El objetivo del presente trabajo es intentar determinar, en la medida de lo posible, las características anteriormente enunciadas de la lesión del costado derecho del Hombre de la Síndone.

The anthropomorphic image observed in the archaeological object known as the Shroud of Turin shows numerous blood stains which researchers have attributed to lesions of diverse aetiology; some of them are punctured, contused, incised, incised-punctured and incised-contused, or with several of these characteristics at the same time. One of these blood stains appears around the right side and has been attributed to an incised-punctured injury on the chest, presumably caused by a sharp pointed weapon. When faced with a penetrating injury, the precepts of Legal and Forensic Medicine lay down the obligation -if possible- to determine its trajectory or trajectories, as well as its depth, and finally, to check whether the injury in question has one or more exit holes. This work has as its aim to try and determine, as far as possible, the previously stated characteristics about the Man of the Shroud’s injury on his right side.