Test performed to compare weight of lung to body weight is?
Ans. is 'a' i.e., Ploucquet's Test Tests used in infanticide Ploucquet's test: o Weight of lung is measured in relation to body wieght. Before birth weight of lung is 1/70 of body weight and after respiration it becomes 1/35 of body weight due to increased blood flow in lung beds. Static test or Fodere's test: o The average weight of both lungs before respiration is 30-40 gm and after respiration is 60-70 cm. Hydrostatic test (Raygat's test, 1st life test): o The specific gravity of a non-respired lung is 1040-1050 and of a respired lung is 940-950, so, after respiration lung floats on water (specific gravity of water is 1000). o False positive hydrostatic test may occur (i.e.non-respired lung may float) in decomposition and in attempted artificial respiration. o False negative hydrostatic test (i.e. respired lung may sink down) may occur in atelectasis, pulmonary oedema, bronchopneumonia, and congenital syphylis. Breslau's second life test: o It assumes that a live born child would respire and therefore, would also swallow some air into the stomach and bowel. o Hence they float on water. This test is falsely positive in putrefaction (due to putrefied gases) or in cases of attempted artificial respiration. Werdin's test: o Before birth middle ear contains gelatinous embryonic tissue which is replaced by air after respiration.
Ploucquet test
Fodere's test
Gettler's test
Raygaf s test
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