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978-0-7434-7715-4. OCLC. 54687384. Followed by. Body of Evidence. Postmortem is a 1990 crime fiction novel by author Patricia Cornwell and her debut novel. The first book of the Dr. Kay Scarpetta series, it received the 1991 Edgar Award for Best First Novel.
An autopsy (also referred to as post-mortem examination, obduction, necropsy, or autopsia cadaverum) is a surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause, mode, and manner of death; or the exam may be performed to evaluate any disease or injury that may be present for research or educational purposes.
Cadaveric spasm, also known as postmortem spasm, instantaneous rigor mortis, cataleptic rigidity, or instantaneous rigidity, is a rare form of muscular stiffening that occurs at the moment of death and persists into the period of rigor mortis. [1] Cadaveric spasm can be distinguished from rigor mortis as the former is a stronger stiffening of ...
Post-mortem photography is the practice of photographing the recently deceased. Various cultures use and have used this practice, though the best-studied area of post-mortem photography is that of Europe and America. [1] There can be considerable dispute as to whether individual early photographs actually show a dead person or not, often ...
The constant death rate is certainly enough to keep ex-soldier Tomás (Viktor Klem) in business as a post-mortem photographer, who takes painstakingly primped and posed shots of the recently ...
Plot. Live (pronounced LEE-veh) Hallangen, a nursing-home nurse in the small town of Skarnes, Innlandet, Norway, is found by police in a field and declared dead, but later awakens on the forensic table as her autopsy is starting. Live is taken to the town's hospital, where Dr. Sverre explains away her revival as her having been hypothermic in ...
115 minutes. Country. Hungary. Language. Hungarian. Post Mortem is a 2020 Hungarian horror film directed by Péter Bergendy. [1] It was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. [2]
Digital autopsy. A digital autopsy is a non-invasive autopsy in which digital imaging technology, such as with computerized tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, is used to develop three-dimensional images for a virtual exploration of a human body. Digital autopsy, simply, means conducting autopsy in computerized ...