title: [Autopsy finding of "an object in the hand of the cadaver"].
abstract: On the basis of six dead people, who held firmly clasped objects in their hand, the question being discussed whether this finding can be interpreted as a vital reaction or as a purely postmortem phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Gerichtliche Medizin, des Bereiches Medizin (Charité), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Strauch
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wirth
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012298:Rigor Mortis; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
vernacular_title: Zum Befund "Gegenstand in der Hand der Leiche".