Ravaged, torn, and punctured-the carcass oozes from multiple wounds Avulsed and sliced, the dermis weeps pus and purge fluid with clear, viscous goo Prior to th...

My beloved autopsy ward, the product of hospital architects Inspected and approved by the College of American Pathologists Adjacent to the morgue and behind the...

Festering tumefied remains Stinking upon the dissection block Cellular structure autolyzed Dermal adhesion run amok Slipping skin Marbled flesh Sloughing dermis...

Extravasated hemoglobular vitality Vascular death, hematological finale The postmortem settling of blood called lividity A fascinating aspect of PMI morbidity C...

When unidentified remains are relinquished to our care That are so decayed and liquefied as to make diagnosis Quite a chore When the putrescent canvas of death ...

Putrescine and cadaverine The pungent twins of putridity Colorless and syrupy Biogenic amines Putrescine and cadaverine Vapor of ornithine The stench of death v...

Before the effluvial corpse is consumed By gastronomic decay and suppuration The stiffening husk is surveyed and tested For suitability of organ donation Tissue...

Carbonized extremities cooked and charred Burst organs jellified simmering in boiling lard Smoking slab of blackened burnt meat Scent of immolation, sickeningly...

The tepid carcass examinately reclines on my table Its peculiar muscular activity, rigor mortis, works in my favor Determining PMI through rigid, bone-cracking ...

Between the deceased eyeball's crystalline lens and retina A clear gel-like mass that constitutes 80% of the eye This volume of lubricious fluid is named vitreo...

Alphabetic diagram Of the gross exam Medical examiners are detectives, who forensically sift through a body of evidence It's rarely simple, as you can seethe or...

Soft tissue decomposition formula that expounds and elucidates Y=1285/X A rough estimate of putrefactive progression to stalwartly vaticinate Y=1285/X Where Y i...