Postmortem Caloricity

Answer- A

(Post Mortem Caloricity- Normally temperature falls after death but temp increases (upto 1.5 to 2°C) due to exercise, struggle prior to death. It is seen when-

(1) Heat regulation center damaged, due to Sunstroke, some nervous disorders.

(2) Increased heat production in muscles, due to convulsions as in tetanus, strychnine poisoning.

(3) Excessive bacterial activity, due to septicaemia, cholera.(heat is produced by the action of the infective organisms)

In this condition, the temperature of the body remains raised for the first two hours or so after death.

Ref: The Essentials of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology By K S Narayan Reddy, 27th Edition, Pages 136

D i.e. Septicemia

Algor mortis or chill of death is cooling of body after death at an average rate of 0.5 – 0.7⁵C per hourQ & attains environmental temperature in about 16-20 hoursQ after death.

B i.e. Barbiturate poisoning

A i.e. ↑ – ed temperature within first 2 hours of death

Barbiturate poisoning

• Post-Mortem Caloricity – In this condition, the temperature of the body remains raised for the first two hours or so after death.
• When the regulation of heat production has been severely disturbed before death, as in sunstroke & in some nervous disorder
• When there has been a great increase in heat production in the muscle due to convulsions, as in tetanus & strychnine poisoning etc
• Post-Mortem Caloricity: Seen in, Pontine haemorrhage & sunstroke, Tetanus & strychnine poisoning., acute viral or viral infections such as lobar pneumonia, typhoid fever, encephalitis & encephalomyelitis

Ans. Burns