Putrefaction

Putrefication is the decomp of organic matter, animal proteins, exspecially anaerobics mircoorganisms. Which causes a foul odor. Purtrefication is related to embalming because when you embalm a body you are trying to not get putrefication. Brief description of putrefaction of a human body with respect to time of death: I think something interesting about this term is that without being embalmed right or not being embalmed at all, you are going to go through putrefication sooner then being embalmed with strong solutions. This term is important to this class because it is from a chemical that produces putreication, and chemistry has to deal with chemicals compostion of materials or microorganisms. There is nothing that I do not understand about this term, we had it in embalming, and I know what means and what it is invovled in.
 * 2–3 days: Staining begins on the abdomen. The body begins to swell, owing to gas formation.
 * 3–4 days: The staining spreads and veins become discolored.
 * 5–6 days: The abdomen swells with gas (produced by the bacteria that decompose the body), and the skin blisters.
 * 2 weeks: The abdomen becomes very tight and swollen.
 * 3 weeks: Tissues begin to soften. Organs and cavities are bursting. The nails fall off.
 * 4 weeks: Soft tissues begin to liquefy, and the face becomes unrecognizable. (sited from the webpage [])