Putrefaction is delayed in all except ?
a) Warm moist atmosphere
b) Carbolic acid poisoning
c) Anemia
d) Heavy metals poisoning
Correct Answer - A
Ans. is ‘a’ i.e., Warm moist atmosphere
Factors causing delay of putrefaction
Temperature <0°C or > 48° C (very high temperature).
Dry weather and/or decreased air velocity.
More than 2 meter deep grave.
Tight clothing.
Body in dry soil, and body packed in coffin.
Infant not fed.
Wasting diseases like anemia.
Poisoning : Carbolic acid, ZnC12, strychnine (nux vomica), and
heavy metals (arsenic, antimony).
In water slower than in air (casper’s dictum).
Factors facilitating putrefaction
Putrefaction is facilitated by (i) free access of air (ii) moisture and (iii)
optimum warnth (10°C - 45° C). Thus decomposition is fast in
shallow damp, marshy shallow graves, in bodies without clothes and
coffin.