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

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 192 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ADA-AIZ
ADIPOCERE (from the Lat. adeps, fat, and cera, wax) , a substance into which
animal
  matter is sometimes converted, and so named by A. F.
Fourcroy
 , from its resemblance to both fat and wax. When the Cimetiere des Innocens at Paris was removed in 1786-1787,
great
  masses of this substance were found where the coffins containing the dead bodies had been placed very closely together. The whole
body
  had been converted into this fatty matter, except the bones, which remained, but were extremely brittle. Chemically, adipocere consists principally of a mixture of fatty acids, glycerine being absent. Saponification with potash liberates a little
ammonia
  (about 1%), and gives a mixture of the potassium salts of palmitic, margaric and oxymargaric acids. The insoluble
residue
  consists of
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
 
collecting
  together and undergoing decomposition.


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