Excavion is the autopsy of an infant. Scalpel in hand, Marijs Boulogne leans over her knitted doll and meticulously proceeds with her examination. � Female, 56 cm. Small fingers are white, frail, thin. Decomposition has already begun. Here and there, dark red spots on the body. The umbilical cord was bitten and torn. A leg is already grey and sticky. The flesh is mottled by bacteria. Only one lung was ventilated, the other never opened. �