To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say what the experiment died of. Ronald Fisher
A post mortem gave the primary cause of death as pneumonia, with pressure on the brain and a fatty liver as contributing factors. Source: Internet
A post mortem examination conducted on Singh found that he died from brain haemorrhage and blunt trauma to the head, compounded by compression injuries to the neck. Source: Internet
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, 1st series, Vol. 6, No. 275, page 159. A comprehensive overview of their children can be seen in the records of numerous inquisitions post mortem that were held after the death of their son Giles on 7 June 1338. Source: Internet
Canter, pp. 5–6 Bond's assessment was based on his own examination of the most extensively mutilated victim and the post mortem notes from the four previous canonical murders. Source: Internet
Because of the bleeding tendency of yellow fever patients, a biopsy is only advisable post mortem to confirm the cause of death. Source: Internet