she has a distended and perforated bowel. she had recent surgery. i think she s had some complications here. yes, there have been less than desirable autopsies today. as dr. spitz wraps up the internal exam the body of providence marie markham speaks to him loud and clear. it was almost at the time of the first cut that we knew what happened. sometimes that s what happens. you make one incision and there it is. she had perforated her intestine and caused peritonitis, an infection in the abdomen that allowed contamination of the abdominal cavity, which then caused septic shock and a fairly rapid death.
that of 47-year-old providence marie markham, who collapsed at home, 13 days after having hernia surgery. so far, it s another medical mystery. we re back. the only thing we know so far is she s an overweight woman. she is on home oxygen so it certainly raises the question of some underlying lung disease. but as soon as the initial incision is made it becomes apparent to dr. spitz what caused the woman s death. everyone here can tell from what they see and from what they smell. i made the y incision in the body and opened up the abdomen. there s pus. be careful how we open this. and right upon opening the abdominal cavity it was filled with fecal material and evidence of fairly profound infection. hang on.
hernia surgery. so far, it s another medical mystery. we re back. the only thing we know so far is she s an overweight woman. she is on home oxygen so it certainly raises the question of some underlying lung disease. but as soon as the initial incision is made it becomes apparent to dr. spitz what caused the woman s death. everyone here can tell from what they see and from what they smell. i made the y incision in the body and opened up the abdomen. there s pus. be careful how we open this. and right upon opening the abdominal cavity it was filled with fecal material and evidence of fairly profound infection. hang on. hang on. yeah. that s pus.
reporter: the team must work quickly. they closely monitor the bull s breathing. but the elephant fell on the wrong side. it s worse than we thought. we have to work on this one. we have to lift it up. again. reporter: after the first wound is cleaned and treated, the 6-on the giant must be rolled over. the arrow wounds are a couple weeks old. the poison gets into the abdominal cavity and kill it. reporter: he has treated some 500 elephants. we will inject our revival drug and the animal will be up. reporter: but the large animal has trouble getting up. he needs help. small team, but we work on big elephants.
atmosphere, ordinary life trickles in. interior of the body. y-incision carried through a midline measuring up three centimeters. miscellaneous ligature into an abdominal cavity and containing approximately 100 milliliters of clear yellow-pink fluid, period. did you watch the super bowl? mm-hmm. did you, brian? i watched a couple of minutes of it. i m not a very big football fan. they re dealing with so much death, and everyday banter is one way they keep sane. i watched just a little bit of it. i expected the colts to win. i turned the channel, they were way up. dr. corey knows the autopsy is essential to this investigation.