[ SECRET POST #2518 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2518 ⌋

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Comments

[dreemyweird]

Period blood does not have a scent of hydrogen sulfide to it. Dead bodies do. It depends on the degree to which they have rotten, of course, but generally the scent is not due to blood being spilt (if it is spilt at all), it is due to autolysis (self-digestion) and/or rotting of the soft tissues. Because of autolysis, the bodies may smell with faeces and the like, but mostly the smell appears after they rot - you can get the general idea by smelling rotten meat+eggs.

But I like your way of thinking, OP.

[feotakahari]

Are you a coroner or something? That's alarmingly specific.

[dreemyweird]

For a while it was my field of study (though I have also seen - or rather, smelt - a fair shair of dead people in my lifetime). In fact, I do still have the occasional fantasy of changing my current occupation and going on to work as a forensic pathologist. I think I'd like this profession.

[sabotabby]

Is it a bad thing that I really appreciate this comment? Super-gross, super-useful for writing purposes. I've been around dead bodies but—fortunately—not rotting ones.

[dreemyweird]

No, it isn't bad! I'm glad it was helpful.

If you write something along the lines of detective fiction, Dead Men Do Tell Tales (a memoir of a forensic anthropologist, William Maples) is really good. It contains a lot of information about the changes that corpses undergo, including the rotting patterns and the appearance of larvae. IIRC, there is a chapter specifically about that, so you wouldn't have to read the rest of it (although the rest is awesome and has considerable literary merit, the author being an English major).

[(Anonymous)]

DA. Thanks for the rec! I've been looking for something on those lines. I've some experience with bones, my field being archaeology, but the difference between 500-1000 years and fresh is ... rather marked. And apparently smelly. Unexpected recommendation is unexpected, but much appreciated!

[charming_stranger]

As an ever-curious geek in love with knowledge, I love this comment.

[riddian]

Well... I learned something new today. O__O Thanks for the info!

[(Anonymous)]

The weird thing is I don't think I've ever come across a rotten egg. They seem to keep forever if you put them in the fridge.