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How soon does the body become "cool" to the touch? my friend's father died after a few months in the hospital. he was just moved to a rehab place and he expired within 12 hours of being transferred there. my friend called the rehab place at 8:30 am and w

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Hello. : Hello. During the process of dying, the body temperature falls. After death it falls rapidly. So the issue is that the man's body temperature was likely to have been considerably lower than normal before he expired (unless he had a fever).

Answered 10/3/2016

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