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Thanatos = Death
Logos = Science
Thanatology = A science to learn on the
causes and changes after death
Purposes of Thanatology
1. to define a diagnosis of death on scene
2. to estimate a time of death (Alibi)
3. to predict of cause of death
4. to estimate the way of death
( Manner of death)
Death
Face skin
Muscle relaxation
Eyes
Body temperature
Livor mortis
Rigor mortis
Putrefection
Skin Face
Otolisis=Microbakteria
Coecum region
Gas putrefaction develop
Occured after 48 hrs
Greenish in color right lower end of the
belly to blueish in color
Gas H2S + Hb Sulf-Met-Hb
Sign of Putrefaction (decay)
Color greeenish in lower end belly
Delatation and widening of superficial veins
Face swollen, Distended abdomen ( gas),
Scrotum and vulva swollen, Skin wreak
Flow out bloody liquid from nose and mouth
Tongue and eye protudes
Chest and abdominal wall could blast (gas)
Nail and hair easy to pull off
Internal organ like brain, gravid uterus, guts
becomes decay and like porriged. But kidney,
bladder and prostat and uterus relatif stabil.
Special circumstances
1.Mummification (mummy)
Dry air, cool, low humidity and no bacterial contamination