New Entry ! :O

In this week’s entry, I am going to include other important facts about our final project, and these facts were obtained by some web pages that out teacher gave us.

4. What methods are commonly used to find the time of death?
A= As the reading tells us, there are two methods to estimate the time of death which are the following:
Rate method: this consists in measuring the changes that might be produced by some sort of process which takes place at a known rate, which was either initiated or stopped. For example, the body temperature and the degree of putrefaction of the corpse
Concurrence method: this consists in comparing the events which took place at know times with the time of occurrence of the event under the investigation, for example, the extent of digestion of the last ingested meal.

5. What factors are considered in Algor Mortis?
A= It depends on the location where the body is found, it works in cool and temperate climates, because in tropical regions it may be a minimal fall in body temperature so it is less accurate

6. How does the environment affect the time of death?
A= The size of a body, the clothing and coverings, the movement and humidity of the air, and immersion in water.

7. What can you tell about the different methods of temperature reading of the body? Do they make a difference in the results?
A= It can be measured via abdominal stab or per rectum and it makes no differences, but it depends in professional judgement, although if you try to do it via oral or axillary it won’t work.