Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 20, 2026

Determination of Photoreceptor Cell Spectral Sensitivity in an Insect Model from In Vivo Intracellular Recordings
Published on: February 26, 2016
Death comes through eye: a rare case of electrocution
Bansi Dhar Gupta1, O Gambhir Singh, Rahul A Mehta
1Department of Forensic Medicine, M.P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. bdgujn@gmail.com
Abstract:
Injury and death from electric current although rare, are not uncommon. In majority of the fatalities, death usually results from accidental contact with a live wire, both in industrial and domestic circumstances. The entry wound is usually in the hand or foot, with the exit wound being in the opposite hand or foot touching the earth (or the ground). Rarely, due to a unique position of the body and circumstances, they may be seen on head, face, neck, mouth, lips, body trunk, etc. However, here we present a unique site of electrocution, the eye, which has probably never been reported before. This case was also accidental in nature.

