A chemical study of the disintegration of dead bodies, specially on the relation between its results and lapsed time after death

1. The author has made researches, in summer, autumn and winter, of the quantitative variation, following the time after death, of the non-protein nitrogen in bones and cartilages, and the anorganic phosphoric, sulphuric and nitric acid in brains, lungs, livers, kidneys and spleens of rabbits. 2. Each quantities of the non-protein nitrogen in bones and cartilages increase following the time for a certain period after death. The quantities of the anorganic acids in these five organs increase similarly following the time after death, and then decrease after a certain period. 3. The author has proved that the disintegration of dead bodies is more speedy 8-11 times in summer and 3-4 times in autumn than in winter.