Anatomy and Embalming A Treatise on the Science and Art of Embalming, the Latest and Most Successful Methods of Treatment and the General Anatomy Relating to this Subject

CHAPTER XII.

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Changes in Blood after Death: Cooling of the Body 167 Cadaveric Lividity 168 Putrefactive Changes 169 Skin Slip 175 Rigor Mortis 177 Fermentation and the Production of Gas 179 Spirituous Fermentation 180 Digestive Fermentation 180 Metabolic Fermentation 181 Putrefactive Fermentation 181 Abdominal Fermentation 182 Gastric Fermentation 184 Intestinal Fermentation 185