PORTENTS OF QUIETUS
Signs of Death
Law and science are interrelated to each other, Forensic is the finest evidence of such bond . Death, a final settlement, after which a case begins. To find out that a person is dead or not?, thanatology is been made, it is a science that mainly deals with all aspects of death. Psychology states about the living man but forensic science expresses about a dead body.
Law never leaves anything unnoticed , even if body is in inorganic state or in organic state. Today, I will be discussing about the signs of death, which comes under three stages- Immediate signs, Early signs, Late signs.
Immediate signs show the insensibility & loss of egg
rhythm. Cessation of Circulation, if the heart is not responding for a
continuous 5 minutes, it is acceptable as an evidence of death. Cessation of respiration,
Respiration may cease for a short period without death by any voluntary act,
drowning, but absence of breath sound for a continuous period, constitutes
proof of death.
Early signs starts showing within 12 to 24 hours of a death.
Algor mortis, the progressive fall in temperature, is one of the prominent
early signs of death, the amount of cooling indicates the approx. time elapsed
since death. The clear glistening appearance of cornea is lost and it becomes
dry, cloudy & opaque cause of failure of production of tears. Skin looks
pale, ashy white appearance, more noticeable in fair skinned persons, it loses
its elasticity. Postmortem lividity, starts discoloration of skin and organs
after death due to accumulation of fluid blood in the capillaries, small veins
of the dependent parts of the body. This process commences within an hour after
death.
Late signs commence after 24 hours of the death.
Mummification, in this skin attaches closely to the bones, due to the
dehydration of the body tissues after death. Rigor mortis, Muscles and joints
gets stiffened up due to contracting as the blood circulation stops after
death. Saponification, in this body turns into a yellowish, white, greasy like
substance with a rancid smell. Decomposition, last stage in the revolution of
the body from the inorganic state to the organic state, body starts getting
decomposed due to the bacterial action.
Curiosity
What if these signs left unnoticed by an officer while investigation and then later even by doctors?
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