[Pathogenesis of Vishnevskiĭ's spots in death from excessive cooling]

Histochemical successions of the gastric mucosa reaction are described, their role and the impact of the kallikrein-kinin system are evaluated, and pathophysiological aspects of development of Vishnevsky's spots as a pathognomonic sign of death from excessive cooling are described. Analysis of 34 deaths from excessive cooling helped determine the correlation between the size, volume, and depth of the gastric mucosa involvement, on the one hand, and duration of periods of cooling and freezing, on the other. The technique of expert evaluation of Vishnevsky's spots is described.