TANATHOLOGY part 4

e. Adiposere (corpse candle)is the formation of a whitish material, soft or greasy, putrid smell that occurs in the soft tissues of the body post-death. First known as saponification, but the term is preferred because it adiposera exhibit properties - properties between fat and wax.Adiposera mainly composed of acid - an unsaturated fatty acid formed by hydrolysis of fats and having hydrogenated to form saturated fatty acids are mixed post-death with the rest - the rest of the muscle, connective tissue, nerve tissue termummifikasi (Mant and Furbank, 1957) and crystal crystal with radial spherical image evans 9, 1962). Adiposera floating in the water, when heated to melt and burn with flames of yellow, soluble in alcohol, heat, and ether.Adiposera can form in any body fat, even in the heart, but the superficial fat was first exposed. Usually changes in the form of patches, can be seen cheek, breasts or buttocks, or extremities of the body. Rarely whole body fat turns into adiposera. Adiposera will create a picture of the outside surface of the body can survive up to many - years, so the identification of the bodies and the approximate cause of death is still possible.Factors - factors that facilitate the formation of adiposera is humidity and enough body fat, while the block is to throw water flowing electrolyte. Inhibit the formation of cold air, while warm temperatures will accelerate. Endogenous bacterial invasion into the tissues post-death also will accelerate its formation.Decay is inhibited by the presence of adiposera, because the degree of acidity and increased tissue dehydration. Fresh fats contain only about - about 0.5% free fatty acids, remains within 4 weeks post-death can be increased to 20% and after 12 weeks to 70% or more. At this time a macroscopic adiposera become apparent as a gray-white material that replaced or infiltrated parts - the soft part of the body. In the early stages before the formation of macroscopic clear, adiposera best detected by the analysis of palmitic acid.

f. MummifikasiIs the evaporation of fluid or tissue dehydration fairly quickly, so that further drying of the tissue can stop the rot. Jatingan turned into a hard, dry, dark, wrinkled and does not rot, because the bacteria can not thrive in dry environments. Mummifikasi occurs when warm temperatures and low humidity, good air flow, which dehydrate the body and a long time (12-14 weeks). Mummifikasi rare in normal weather.

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