2006-09-25 05:42:19 · 14 answers · asked by B-Wizzle 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Yes but its not like in the movies ...where its all gentle and swift. In real life you kinda have to tug and force them and then make them stay because they always want to pop back open.
2006-09-25 05:44:50 · answer #1 · answered by Coyote 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Note that in olden times they used to lay coins on the eyelids of the deceased. Now you know why
2006-09-25 12:51:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but in the majority of cases they won't stay there so a mortician has to sew them together
2006-09-25 12:44:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm no expert, but I would assume it would depend on how long ago they died. If, as they say, "rigor" had begun to set it, I imagine it would be much more difficult. Is that morbid?
2006-09-25 12:44:40 · answer #4 · answered by francesfarmer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why? Ya gotta pull someone's down or sumtin?
2006-09-25 12:44:03 · answer #5 · answered by Brooke's Mommy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes their muscles contract and lock up but the eyelids aren't muscles so yes you can
2006-09-25 12:43:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, when my father passed away - I closed his eye lids.
2006-09-25 12:43:36 · answer #7 · answered by RedCloud_1998 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
temporarily
the mortician has to glue them shut when preparing the body for viewing
(they used to sew them shut)
2006-09-25 12:51:13 · answer #8 · answered by Mopar Muscle Gal 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes even during riga mortis
2006-09-25 12:50:48 · answer #9 · answered by Andrea W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, for a short period of time. That's why it is always done immediately after death.
Aloha
2006-09-25 12:43:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋