See also:

• ADIPOCERE (from the Lat. adeps, fat, and cera, wax)

ADIPOCERE (from the See also:

• LAT

Lat. adeps, See also:

• FAT (O.E. fdett; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vet, Ger. Fett, &c., and may be ultimately related to Greek Irian, and =apos, and Sanskrit pivan)

fat, and cera, See also:

• WAX

wax)  , a substance into which See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal See also:

• MATTER

matter is sometimes converted, and so named by A . F . See also:

• FOURCROY, ANTOINE FRANCOIS, COMTE DE (1755-1809)

Fourcroy, from its resemblance to both See also:

• FAT (O.E. fdett; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vet, Ger. Fett, &c., and may be ultimately related to Greek Irian, and =apos, and Sanskrit pivan)

fat and See also:

• WAX

wax . When the Cimetiere See also:

• DES

des Innocens at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris was removed in 1786-1787, See also:

• GREAT

great masses of this substance were found where the coffins containing the dead bodies had been placed very closely together . The whole See also:

• BODY

body had been converted into this fatty matter, except the bones, which remained, but were extremely brittle . Chemically, See also:

• ADIPOCERE (from the Lat. adeps, fat, and cera, wax)

adipocere consists principally of a mixture of fatty acids, glycerine being absent . Saponification with potash liberates a little See also:

• AMMONIA (NH3)

ammonia (about 1%), and gives a mixture of the See also:

• POTASSIUM [symbol K (from kalium), atomic weight 39.114 0=16)]

potassium salts of palmitic, margaric and oxymargaric acids . The insoluble See also:

• RESIDUE (through the French, from the Lat. residuum, a remainder, from residere, to remain)

residue consists of See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime, &c., derived from the tissues . The artificial formation of adipocere has been studied; it appears that it is not formed from albuminous matter, but from the various fats in the body See also:

• COLLECTING

collecting together and undergoing decomposition .