[Forensic medicine literature databank. Goals and uses]

In addition to existing, international database systems we started building up a forensic-medical database. Whereas the current systems offer a cross section of the newest medical knowledge, we wanted to reach a review over the most important journals specialized in forensic medicine, starting from their beginning. In this way one gets informations over empirical knowledge and casuistry, which are of great importance in forensic medicine. As technical basis we use a personal computer and the dBase III database system.