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Livor mortis (from Latin līvor ' bluish color, bruise ' and mortis ' of death '), postmortem lividity (from Latin post mortem ' after death ' and lividitas ' black and blueness '), hypostasis (from Greek ὑπό (hypo) ' under, beneath ' and στάσις (stasis) ' a standing ') [1] [2] or suggillation, is the second stage of death and one of ...
Mallory bodies are classically found in the livers of people suffering from alcohol-induced liver disease and were once thought to be specific for that. [2]They are most common in alcoholic hepatitis (prevalence of 65%) and alcoholic cirrhosis (prevalence of 51%).
Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.
A Florida surgeon mistakenly removed a man’s liver instead of his spleen, causing him to die on the operating table, a lawyer for the man’s widow alleges.
Your liver works around the clock to detoxify and protect the body from harmful substances. Here are 7 foods that help promote the health of your liver.
A seminal study in the medical journal BMJ, for instance, found that the risk of death for famous musicians in their 20s and 30s was indeed up to three times higher than for members of the general ...
Using a standardized questionnaire, Osorio and Waller found that the people who had developed severe symptoms, such as loss of consciousness, shortness of breath and muscle spasms, tended to have certain things in common. People who had worked within two feet of Ramirez and had handled her intravenous lines had been at high risk. But other ...
A liver injury, also known as liver laceration, is some form of trauma sustained to the liver. This can occur through either a blunt force such as a car accident, or a penetrating foreign object such as a knife. [1] Liver injuries constitute 5% of all traumas, making it the most common abdominal injury. [2]