A Histological Study of Some Important Visceral Organs for Estimating Time Since Death
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Histological changes following death follow a characteristic fixed pattern and these can be utilized to estimate time since death within a definite time brackets as is reflected by a high percentage of positive cases conforming to definite brackets. A clear-cut approximation in time brackets following death can be arrived at with some adjustment for seasonal variations. In the present study, histological changes occur much earlier than reported by earlier workers in the field. Moreover, histological changes in the visceral organs (heart and liver) may offer an improvement over other conventional methods for estimating time since death.
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