A most fundamental principle of bacterial metabolism may be expressed concisely by stating that “Fermentation takes precedence over putrefaction;“’ that is to say, bacteria in general which can utilize both carbohydrate and protein, act upon the former in preference to the latter when bot,h are present in the same medium. In view of the confusion attending the use of the terms putrefaction and ...

This paper focuses on Lister’s inaugural lecture at King’s College, London, in October 1877. As the new Professor of Clinical Surgery, Lister had much to report, including impressively high survival rates from complex operations previously regarded as foolhardy. Instead, he chose to address the processes of fermentation in wine, blood and milk. His reasons are not obvious to a modern audience, ...

The most abundant volatiles detected during the forensic ethanol analysis are ethanol, acetaldehyde, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, and acetone. These volatiles could either be initiated in the human body after the consumption of alcoholic beverages; or have been produced ante mortem during metabolic processes or post-mortem by microbes. Aims of this study were the determination of the volatiles’ conc...

Superior mesenteric artery occlusion (SMAO) is often fatal. An indicator which enables the early diagnosis of SMAO is needed. As we think putrefaction products must appear and increase in the blood and ascites in SMAO, changes in the concentrations of ammonia, one of the putrefaction products, were measured in this study. Thirteen adult mongrel dogs were used for the in vitro experiment. The je...

People in the world made a unique fermented food for a long time. These fermented foods have been increased interest to people health in recent years. These fermented foods can be caused a disease in the event of misunderstood difference between fermentation and putrefaction. In addition consumers can’t know degree of different between fermentation and putrefaction. Therefore, the monitoring sy...

Canine brains infected with rabies virus were submitted to decomposition by being left at room temperature of 25 to 29 degrees C for up to 168 h. At 24 h intervals, brain fragments were analyzed by immunofluorescence (IF) and by the mouse intracerebral inoculation (MI) test to confirm the diagnosis of rabies and to measure the putrefaction effect on the accuracy of the diagnosis. Forty eight h ...