coffin birth coffin birth known accurate term expulsion opening body deceased pregnant woman result increasing pressure abdominal gases kind delivery occurs rarely body practice chemical preservation chemical solutions pumped body replace natural body bacteria reside occurrence coffin birth rare topic rarely mentioned international medical discourse typically human body naturally occurring bacteria organs abdominal cavity stomach generate gases products causes body swell cases confined pressure gases squeeze forcing downward turn inside forced body opening process called contained expelled mother body opening turns inside process outward appearances main differences lie state mother mechanism delivery event natural live mother encourage infant emerge case coffin birth built gas pressure body pregnant woman pushes dead body mother cases recorded medical authorities 16th century archaeological cases provide evidence occurrence periods human history cases expulsion rare phenomenon recorded disparate circumstances occasionally seen modern forensic context body pregnant woman lies time following death numerous examples demonstrated term coffin birth circumstances cases separated body pregnant woman time death cases consistent processes described considered true cases causes completely understood event predictable experimental conditions evidence accumulated direct observation possible produce result accepted hypothesis based established research fields forensic note supported research accounts mechanisms result encountered cases typically dead body body tissues depleted oxygen body begins bacteria tract result increased activity release gases carbon dioxide hydrogen bacteria break body cells proteins organ tissues increasing pressure forces excessive gases weakened tissues enter system spread parts body causing limbs processes weaken structural integrity organs separating tissue layers usually begins days death depending external temperature humidity environmental conditions volume gas increases pressure begins force body natural point pregnant body membranes stretched separated gas pressure force note result expulsion canal observed bodies likely spontaneously expel died pregnancy elastic nature history numerous documented cases described medical published earliest presented case occurred pregnant woman tried hanged courts hours death body hung neck dead seen fall free body unusual short time death delivery information given ambient circumstances unclear onset accelerated factors work city brussels woman died days later spontaneously expelled observed hours death pregnant woman cases described describe unexpected discovery remains following cases occurred prior burial body cases body deathbed late 19th century modern techniques developed chemical compounds pumped body body natural bacteria flourish generate gases comprise active force expulsion phenomenon recognized medical science wrote textbook medicine included section coffin birth text remained important reference subject called coffin birth excluded 13th edition mentioned edition published subject discussed german medical literature 20th century detailed case reports forensic literature published recently body year old woman months pregnant discovered apartment hamburg germany body initial examination found head appearance opening autopsy medical found head shoulders emerged concluded case progress woman given birth twice died heroin case unusual medical practitioners able observe document progress body year old woman seven months pregnant discovered open field days disappeared residence panama plastic bag left head case ruled homicide body suffered tropical heat high humidity highly autopsy remains discovered woman note similar state cord intact attached inside difficult recognize body undergone complete cautious asserting presence phenomenon numerous cultural reasons mother infant interred joint presence remains adult female taken conclusive evidence excavated position set remains relative adult female supported hypothesis general guidelines archaeologist assessing placement adult remains found position wholly pelvic cavity adult died interred prior delivery pregnant woman died labor complications infant found alongside adult head oriented direction adult infant delivered naturally time death interred delivered interred alongside infant oriented direction adult majority remains pelvic cavity adult legs extended lies ribs infant delivered placed mother prior burial bodies infant bones settled mother ribs remains complete position inferior line pelvic outlet head oriented opposite mother foot coffin grave possibility coffin birth evidence ambiguous remains found lie pelvic outlet adult indicating partial occurred reported excavation medieval cemetery england remains appeared lie birth canal skeleton young woman external pelvic outlet thigh bones leg bones clearly pelvic cavity cases coffin birth archaeological sites described site germany medieval site denmark early christian period site ireland coffin birth described episode bbc featuring roman era remains woman discovered near diagnosis rare occurs highly conditions individual ambient environment phenomenon studied possible applications forensic investigation study lead improved investigative methods experimental research highly problematic present forensic scientists disposal array established techniques procedures death investigation stages typically occurs study context interpretation treatment dead individual patterns group led development social status hierarchy cultures ancient extant addition determination delivery actually occurred prior death bearing analyses mother population concentration trace elements differ markedly skeletons adult women giving birth women identification coffin birth lead accurate analyses number women population rate maternal mortality necessary investigators able recognize encountered excavated burial comparable phenomena cases remains found separate body mother expulsion birth canal separation bodies influenced external environmental factors process separation unusual specific term phenomenon proposed scientific community cases comparable results cases april body washed shore near pregnant disappeared months earlier carrying discovered separate beach questioned media medical authorities initially speculated coffin birth occurred autopsy found condition medical later concluded body bay skin abdominal cavity natural processes entered abdominal cavity washed internal organs year old woman india months pregnant hanged begun viable infant spontaneously delivered woman body suspended neck healthy infant found floor body mother cord primary cause delivery normal begun prior death related processes referred case delivery term applied broad range techniques phenomena resultant delivery live infant reported germany year old woman involved motor vehicle accident died found feet following initial impact vehicle caught fire woman unable escape internal injuries burned death investigators came conclusion extreme heat fire burned away tissue abdominal cavity anterior aspect causing spill cavity land floor woman feet cord intact connected wall unlike woman suffered fourth degree burns entire body body relatively undamaged primary cause separation mother body induced traumatic abdominal traumatic separation related normal processes expulsion involve passage birth canal considered case
Coffin birth