Skills — Medicine
Diagnosis
You can
- diagnose probable causes of sickness or injury
- identify the extent and cause of an unconscious person’s trauma
- detect when a person is suffering from a physically debilitating condition such as drug addiction or malnutrition
- establish a person’s general level of health
- identify medical abnormalities
Pharmacy
You can:
- identify drugs and herbal supplements, and recognize their side-effects
- identify a drug addict after a brief interaction
- identify poisons and determine antidotes
- given the raw materials, manufacture controlled substances
Forensic Pathology
You perform autopsies on deceased subjects to determine their cause of death. In the case of death by foul play, your examination can identify:
- the nature of the weapon or weapons used
- the presence of intoxicants or other foreign substances in the bloodstream
- the contents of the victim’s last meal
- determine approximate time of death
- identify a crime scene, in the case of a dumped body
In many cases, you can reconstruct the sequence of events leading to the victim’s death from the arrangement of wounds on the body.
In the modern era, you can also perform DNA analysis on samples found at crime scenes, matching them to samples provided by suspects. In an earlier time period, you might be limited to matching blood types or fingerprints.