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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 9086, member: 78"]Hi,</p><p> I have seen a few photos that have the eyes open but most of them have the eyes closed. Yes eyelids could be opened after rigor mortis has passed. I have never heard of eye lids being glued or sewn but I imagine that it could be done. Should clairify rigor mortis is not forever. It can help ID the time of death. After a while the body "relaxes"</p><p>again, otherwise you would have to break arms and legs to fit them into a coffin.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 9086, member: 78"]Hi, I have seen a few photos that have the eyes open but most of them have the eyes closed. Yes eyelids could be opened after rigor mortis has passed. I have never heard of eye lids being glued or sewn but I imagine that it could be done. Should clairify rigor mortis is not forever. It can help ID the time of death. After a while the body "relaxes" again, otherwise you would have to break arms and legs to fit them into a coffin. greg[/QUOTE]
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