Comments on: Green Arrow #51: A Medical Review http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1008 a blog of medicine, comics, television, science and other fun stuff Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:09:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Scott http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1008/comment-page-1#comment-5061 Scott Tue, 06 Dec 2005 19:28:08 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1008#comment-5061 Eggzackly - I see mention of corpse temperature and 'lividity' in all the CSI and similar shows all the time - but not in the comic books. So, according to your timeline, based on rigor having 'set in', all Anarky should be able to say for sure is that they've been dead more than 12 hours, assuming normal temperatures, since the time for rigor to lapse is so variable? Eggzackly – I see mention of corpse temperature and ‘lividity’ in all the CSI and similar shows all the time – but not in the comic books.

So, according to your timeline, based on rigor having ’set in’, all Anarky should be able to say for sure is that they’ve been dead more than 12 hours, assuming normal temperatures, since the time for rigor to lapse is so variable?

]]> By: Carl http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1008/comment-page-1#comment-5050 Carl Sun, 04 Dec 2005 15:29:27 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1008#comment-5050 In all fairness, I've seen mention of both algor mortis and livor mortis in comics, just not by Latin names. It's just not common parlance, people talk instead about the corpse's temperature and discoloration using those English words. In all fairness, I’ve seen mention of both algor mortis and livor mortis in comics, just not by Latin names. It’s just not common parlance, people talk instead about the corpse’s temperature and discoloration using those English words.

]]> By: Jer http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1008/comment-page-1#comment-5049 Jer Sat, 03 Dec 2005 18:59:44 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1008#comment-5049 "Why don’t comic book detectives ever mention algor mortis or livor mortis?" Because TV cops don't either, and that's where the writers get all of their information on how to tell the time of death of a corpse? “Why don’t comic book detectives ever mention algor mortis or livor mortis?”

Because TV cops don’t either, and that’s where the writers get all of their information on how to tell the time of death of a corpse?

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