Suicides may choose unusual regions, such as cutting of a large vessel as the femoral artery in Scarpa‘s triangle, or by a limited incision, the carotid in the neck, the injury may be about the genitals, and the penis and scrotum have been amputated. Accidental injuries may occur on any part of the body, but most commonly on exposed parts. The _nature_ and _extent_ of the wounds does not afford much assistance; with the exception of contused wounds which are usually homicidal or accidental, any other form of wound, particularly incised or punctured wounds, may be suicidal or homicidal, and with regard to gunshot wounds, much depends upon their position and extent. As a rule, the suicide does not make several wounds, and the homicide may not only inflict several but of a greater severity than are necessary to carry out his purpose. Suicides, especially when insane, may wound themselves severely and cause great injuries by leaping from buildings or similar high positions. In some cases suicides have inflicted several and varied wounds on their bodies. The _direction_ of suicidal wounds, when the person is right-handed, is generally from above downwards and inwards on the chest, and on the left side. An upward direction points rather to homicide. =Cut throat wounds=, when suicidal and inflicted by the right hand, are generally oblique from left to right, beginning higher up than they end. They generally cross the thyroid cartilage, and the larger vessels may escape; if made below the thyroid cartilage they are generally smaller and horizontal. The skin is the last structure divided, and there may be several so-called “tentative cuts.” It has been held that when the large vessels are cut the suicide stops, but this is incorrect, as in some cases the wound has reached the spine and the vessels been quite severed. Suicides may try to decapitate themselves from behind, and failing this stab themselves. A homicidal cut throat wound, when made from the front with the right hand, commences on the right side and is carried to the left; they are often deep incisions to the vertebræ and the tissues “undercut” at the ends. A homicidal cut throat wound when made from behind the victim resembles a suicidal one. When wounds are present on the forearms, hands, and fingers, and if there are injuries on other parts of the body also, the inference would be that the hand wounds were received in guarding the throat or other efforts at defence from a homicidal attack.