Abstract
An instrumental determination of post-mortem corneal turbidity and the changes of water contents in the post-mortem cornea are reported. The degree of the post-mortem corneal turbidity was expressed in an objective reading of the ammeter in the authors' Laser apparatus. The free water (FW) and the bound water (BW) were separated from the total water (TW) according to the method of Hatschek (1936). The corneal opacity of closed eyes accelerated faster than that of opened eyes. The BW in corneas both of opened and closed eyes decreased with the time elapsed after death, whereas the FW increased steadily. The higher the humidity of the surroundings of a cornea, the greater the amount of TW observed, and vice versa.
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