Casper's rule

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The Casper rule ( Casper's rule ) according to Johann Ludwig Casper is used in forensic medicine to estimate the lying times of a corpse . It says that changes in putrefaction after one week in the air are comparable to changes in putrefaction after two weeks in water or after eight weeks in a grave. Reliable information cannot be made using the Casper rule.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ JL Casper: Handbook of Forensic Medicine. Thanatological part. Hirschwald, Berlin (1858)
  2. Madea, Dettmeyer: basic knowledge forensic medicine. Springer, Berlin; 2007. ISBN 978-3-540-71428-6