1Director, Medico-Legal Institute, Chhattisgarh
2Registrar, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik, Maharashtra
3Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Forensic medicine & Toxicology, Pt. J.N.M. Medical College, Raipur (C.G.)
*Corresponding Author: Email Id: 31ulhas1968@gmail.com
Online published on 28 January, 2019.
The primary task of medico-legal death examination is the reliable estimation of the time since death, on the basis of postmortem changes, under influence of different factors. Elasticity, transparency, softness, luster, moistness were the features of skin tested in study. In all the 66 cases, skin did not show luster, elasticity, transparency, moistness or softness after death, between 3 to 24 hours of postmortem interval, in relation to age, sex, body mass index, built, season, minimum to maximum temperature, humidity, cause, mode and manner of death factor. The dead body showed loss of elasticity and transparency, dullness, lusterless, hardness and dryness of skin between 3 to 24 hours postmortem interval in relation to various external and internal factors.
Postmortem Examination, Postmortem Interval, Early postmortem changes
