Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: forensic entomology

  • Entomological evidence and tales of the dead

    Srilakshmi ChidambaramManila, Philippines Picture the scene: A body, blue with bloat, sprawled across the floor. The skin is sloughed off and peeling; fat drips through the carpet. The room is warm with the sickly-sweet stench of decay. A living, seething mass of flesh-eating maggots swarms the body. Blowflies. Your boot touches a hardened pupa casing.…