Results of full-body CT examination of the embalmed body of N. I. Pirogov
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00159816%3A_____%2F22%3A00076639" target="_blank" >RIV/00159816:_____/22:00076639 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14110/22:00126602
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S266622562200032X" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S266622562200032X</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fri.2022.200518" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.fri.2022.200518</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Results of full-body CT examination of the embalmed body of N. I. Pirogov
Original language description
Professor N.I. Pirogov (1810-1881) was an anatomist, physician, and one of the founders of modern surgery and anesthesiology. His body was embalmed after his death. In 2018, re-embalming of Pirogov's body was carried out, during which a full-body post-mortem CT scan was performed to detect pathological changes and the degree of tissue preservation of the embalmed body. The CT scan revealed ante-mortem changes as well as post-mortem changes in the body of Pirogov. Among the notable ante-mortem changes were pathologies such as a defect in the palatine bone and maxillary sinus, which were most likely a result of cancerous processes, or minor spinal deformities. Calcifications were detected in the brain tissue and the walls of some vessels. Some of these observed pathological changes suggest that N.I. Pirogov was a heavy smoker, and other degenerative changes are typical for advanced age. The post-mortem changes were caused by the processes connected to embalming procedures. The organs of the chest were collapsed, and gas content was detected in some hollow visceral formations. Reduced mineralization of some skeletal elements, such as the vertebrae, humeri, clavicles, sternum, and selected ribs, as well as the hand phalanges, and the lower limb bones, was most likely caused by the contact with the embalming fluid. Some of the further post-mortem changes, such as detection of gauze material in the oral cavity, neck, and abdominal cavity, confirmed the method of primary embalming and subsequent preservation and research interventions performed on the body over the years. The findings also confirmed that the body was in a good state of preservation.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30100 - Basic medicine
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Forensic Imaging
ISSN
2666-2264
e-ISSN
2666-2256
Volume of the periodical
31
Issue of the periodical within the volume
DEC 22
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
200518
UT code for WoS article
000876015600002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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