Chapter 169: The Corpse Spots
It is said that at the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, there was a group of tomb robbers in Luoyang. The surname of the leader is Zhu, and this person has a nickname called "Zhu Lacquer Face".
Why did he have such a nickname?
It turned out that when he was stealing and excavating the Yongchang Mausoleum of Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, he encountered a strange thing:
After he pried open the coffin, he found that Zhao Kuangyin's body was not decomposed. After careful investigation, Zhao Kuangyin's corpse had a jade belt with exquisite workmanship!
As a result, the "vermilion lacquer face" became greedy and wanted to take off the jade belt tied to Zhao Kuangyin's corpse. However, the body was too heavy to be forced. So he came up with a brilliant idea: one end of the rope was tied under the corpse's shoulder, and the other end was put around his body. Then, in the face of pulling the corpse up, he took advantage of the situation to untie the jade belt.
Unexpectedly, the corpse sprayed a stream of black slime on his face. Suddenly, the tomb robber's face turned pitch black. From then on, it can no longer be washed off. Because of this, he became a "vermilion lacquer face".
This is a special kind of legend about corpse poison in the history books.
So, what's going on?
It is said that in order to prevent embalming, the ancients often gave the deceased highly toxic drugs before he died. In this way, it contributes to the preservation of the corpse. This highly toxic drug will corrode the entire internal organs in the human body, turning it into a liquid and storing it in the body.
When a grave robber moves a corpse, the body is squeezed and the liquid is ejected from the mouth. As a result, people's skin will be burned, and the so-called "vermilion lacquer face" will be formed.
Whether this legend is true or not, at least it is a record of "corpse poison".
Although theoretically, the name "corpse poison" cannot be found. However, it is a combination of bacteria and mold, and it is a super difficult virus to deal with.
When a person dies, the corpse becomes a large bacterial medium. All kinds of bacteria multiply more. People who come into contact with decomposing corpses are susceptible to infection. Many epidemic viruses can survive in corpses for a long time after death!
the plague, which can survive in the bones of corpses for 60 years; Anthrax can survive for about 40 years! These viruses are still quite active. The infection of these bacteria and viruses is what people call the mysterious "corpse poison" in the corpse.
Chen Xuexiu, a physician who was involved in the tsunami relief in South Asia, was infected with corpse poison a few years ago. Although it has been cured. But the unidentified spots on his hands still can't fade.
Therefore, generally speaking, when there is corpse poison in the body, corpse spots are often produced. I was very surprised when I remembered the old man's examination of Duoduo just now and lifted my clothes to look at her skin. At this moment, I suddenly understood the old man's intentions and the basis for the judgment he had just made.
Thereupon. I immediately rechecked Toto......
It doesn't matter if I don't see it, I gasped all of a sudden! Duoduo has begun to grow corpse spots! This is really a bit weird, because corpse spots usually only appear after people die!
Corpse spots are due to the cessation of blood circulation after death, the lack of power in the blood in the cardiovascular system, and the accumulation along the vascular network in the lower part of the corpse, the emptiness of the high blood vessels of the corpse, and the congestion of the lower blood vessels of the corpse. The capillaries and venules in the lower part of the corpse were filled with blood. Dark red to dark purplish red spots that appear through the skin.
These marks begin as cloudy and patchy, and eventually become flaky. This is called "corpse spot".
In general, corpse spots appear after an average of 2-4 hours after death.
However, now Duoduo is still breathing, but his consciousness is relatively blurred. But for me, it was like a bolt from the blue.
The old man seemed to see what was on my mind, and hurriedly comforted me and said, "Don't worry too much! I just checked it out. There is no danger in a short period of time with a small amount of money. It's just that the corpse poison of the thousand-year-old zombie is too special. Therefore, we also need to be treated on a special basis. We don't have a lot of time. β
Hearing the old man say this, I was a little relieved. As long as there is time. There is still hope.
I looked at Duoduo again, and judging from the location of the corpse spots on her body, it was indeed fine for the time being. Probably, the old man's judgment is also because of this.
In general, the location distribution of corpse spots is directly related to the posture of the corpse.
As in a supine corpse, the corpse spots are visible on the occipital, top, back, waist, sides of the buttocks, and the back of the limbs, and sometimes on the sides of the corpse, and even in the upper sloping areas such as the upper clavicle.
Prone corpses with corpse spots on the face, chest, abdomen, and front of the limbs. At this time, the conjunctiva of both eyes is also often bruised.
A corpse in a standing position, such as a hanging corpse. Cadaver spots appear on the distal ends of the lower limbs, lower abdomen, and upper abdomen, and are mostly purplish-red or dark purplish-red; Deaths due to gas or cyanide poisoning are cherry red.
Generally, within 10 hours of finger compression, the color can fade, remove the pressure and recover; If the corpse is turned over, the original corpse spots gradually disappear or shift, and reappear in a new lower area.
Therefore, when forensic examining a corpse, it is often based on the location of the corpse spots to determine where the corpse is parked.
Corpse spots are one of the earlier cadaveric phenomena, which usually appear 2~4 hours after death, develop to the highest height after 12~14 hours, and are fixed and no longer transfer after 24~36 hours, and continue until the corpse is decomposed.
When a person dies, blood falls into the blood vessels in the lower part of the corpse. At this point, the blood is still confined to the blood vessels and has not yet spread outside the blood vessels. This period is the period of corpse spots.
During this period, if you press the corpse spot with your finger, the blood from the capillaries in the area where it is pressed will flow to the surrounding area, and the corpse spot will disappear temporarily. But when the finger was released to relieve the pressure, the blood flowed back to its original place, and the corpse spots reappeared.
Not only that, but during the fall period, if the position of the corpse is turned over, the original corpse spots will gradually become less obvious or even disappear. In the new lower part of the corpse, new corpse spots will reappear.
The skin and subcutaneous tissue of the corpse spot during the fall period were incised, and blood flowed from the vascular section. At this time, the blood that comes out is easily wiped off by gauze, but it can still flow out after wiping it off.
The accumulation period of corpse spots generally begins to appear 2~4 hours after death, but there are also cases as early as half an hour after death or as late as 6~8 hours. A very small number of patients with a prolonged dying period have a few corpse spots before death due to circulatory collapse.
I don't know if that's the case for Toto, or if she's almost at the end of her rope. When I think of this, I don't dare to think about it anymore. However, at least Duoduo still has to achieve that kind of Cheng dΓΉ. I only silently cheered myself up in my heart, and I also prayed silently for Duoduo.
In any case, I believe that Duoduo will be able to turn evil into good fortune and turn danger into safety. (To be continued......)