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ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2022

"Salt mummification" - atypical method of embalming a corpse.

Łukasz Szleszkowski, Marcin Kadej, Rafał Ogórek, Agata Thannhäuser, Michał A Dobrowolski, Tomasz Jurek

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Article in International journal of legal medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Łukasz SzleszkowskiDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Mikulicza-Radeckiego 4, PL-50-345, Wrocław, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4539-0391
Marcin KadejCentre for Forensic Biology and Entomology, Department of Invertebrate Biology, Evolution and Conservation, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, PL-51-148, Wrocław, Poland. marcin.kadej@uwr.edu.pl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5983-0402
Rafał OgórekDepartment of Mycology and Genetics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63, PL-51-148, Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0564-7797
Agata ThannhäuserDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Mikulicza-Radeckiego 4, PL-50-345, Wrocław, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0744-9543
Michał A DobrowolskiFaculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, PL-02-093, Warsaw, Poland.
Tomasz JurekDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Mikulicza-Radeckiego 4, PL-50-345, Wrocław, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0110-0276
Wroclaw Medical University · PLUniversity of Wrocław · PLUniversity of Warsaw · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is extremely rare for table salt to be used to preserve a dead body in criminal cases. In the case presented here, after the death of his 85-year-old mother, a son kept her body preserved in table salt for about 2 years to extort social benefits (pension). Before her death, the woman had been hospitalised twice due to chronic diseases. The case has been examined by the multi-disciplinary team. The unusual conditions in which the corpse was stored influenced its good condition (close to mummification), with limited colonisation of the corpse by necrophagous insects and insects involved in soft tissue biolysis (i.e. selected Diptera or Coleoptera). The use of table salt inhibited the growth of most fungi which would normally be present on a corpse stored in ambient conditions, and the corpse's surface was colonised by halophilic fungus (Scopulariopsis brevicaulis).

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ColeopteraDipteraAged, 80 and overAnimalsCadaverEmbalmingFemaleHumansSodium Chloride, DietarySodium Chloride, DietaryLate post-mortem changesMummification, Insects, MicromycetesPreserving a corpseTable salt

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