FSC239Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Barbiturate, Stippling, Blood Vessel
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A fpah must be prepared to present physical evidence to support his conclusion about the cod/manner. Cod is underlying cause (disease injury), even though there may be a number of complications contributing factors involved. Mechanism is biochemical or physiologic abnormality produced by cod that is incompatible with life. injury takes precedence over disease in cod. paper thin man example. Manner of death fashion in which cod came to be. When a person dies, number of changes occur which can be used to estimate tod: Rigor mortis : stiffening of muscles, glycogen used up and not reformed. generally happens 4 hours after death unless glycogen is used up by exercise (instant rm, war deaths). can happen earlier aswell for electric shock. It disappears 24-36 hours as decomp happens. livor mortis: discoloration of body as rbc settle. Within minutes from disease or an hour generally. disappears after 36 hours.
