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Can an autopsy be performed 4 years after a person has been cremated in a very sealed box in the ground?
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∙ 11y ago
Yes.
An exhumation order can be made by a court and the body can be taken away for examination.
However, certain funerary practices, such as embalming, and the length of time for which the body has been buried, can affect the 'value' of any information which an autopsy might yield.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 11y agoIn general, an autopsy cannot be performed at any time after a cremation. During cremation, soft tissue is totally detroyed by heat. Remaining bone fragments are reduced to a powder. While a limited number of forensic test may be made on the bone fragments, there is simply no body on which to conduct a post mortem exam.
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Is there an autopsy for the rapper dolla?
yes unless a person is sick and dies in the hospital under the care of a doctor there is a autopsy performed
What would somebody perform an autopsy on?
An autopsy is performed on a dead animal or person to investigate the cause of death or other information.
How do you request an autopsy in California?
A person can request that an autopsy be performed in the state of California. There is a deposit must be paid beforehand to cover any costs that may be required.
What do doctors do with cut off body parts?
I was told that they send it off to be burned like when you get cremated. But before that they do a good report of what all is in it and such.. like if your foot gets taken off they do like an autopsy and samples before they send it off to be cremated.
Are autopsy performed on each person who dies?
No autopsies are not performed on each person who dies this would be impossiable. An autopsy is usually performed when the events leading to death are unclear, such as murders or foul play is suspected. Autopsies are also done on people to determine things such as how the cancer affected the body (or any other disease that more research would help to improve medical care.) Families can also request an autopsy to be done but then they would have to pay all costs involved which can be very expensive. IT IS A STATE LAW THAT THEY BE PERFORMED ON EACH PERSON THAT DIES OR UPON THE DEATH OF ANYONE.
Do routine autopsy's show if someone had HIV?
No. An autopsy is performed to determine the cause of death. If a person's HIV status is unkown and they did not die from HIV related causes, the cadaver would most likely not be tested.
What do you call the person who do the autopsy?
The coroner.
Do you have to have an autopsy to be buried?
No. It depends on the laws of each state or country, but usually only for suspicious, violent or unatural deaths, deaths in care or custody, or the death was not reasonably expected to be the outcome of a health procedure. In the majority of deaths, an autopsy is not performed. Not every dead person has an autopsy. Only if the family wants to know what caused the death.
Did the Romans have caskets?
no not many Romans were buried. The Romans saw burial as barbaric seeing as a person would slowly decay under ground, instead they were cremated ( burnt) and then the ashes would be put in a mausoleum (if rich). the cremations then are probably what inspired people to be cremated today.
How much does the average cremated persons ashes weigh?
On average, the ashes of a cremated person weigh about nine pounds.
Can a person be embalmed for viewing and then cremated?
for an unnominal fee...
Why would a doctor do an autopsy?
to find out how a person died
