Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-09-24

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der Lencarrhce) and having nothing scarcely
on hef stomach, at forbid such a possibility.
The serous Bppplexy could not have carried her
off hecaase ter a,outh was wide open when
fouaG, snl could hardly be closed. (whereas
the GsOa-a j. always hrtniy closed M Serious apo
p.SNy 4nd the appearance of her head and
M { < .sfsid such al idea. She could not have
been ST. angietb or there would have been
some marks on the throat. The rigid state OF
The aonb. winch could not have contained halt
an ounce 81 fiuid, preciuded the idea OF occult
hcmorrhaKc: ~as disposed TO the opinion
that suiIocsti1n might have caused her death;
but a, no mark, On her face or 1iothes led to
suo!i an op'e,un, and as the struggles, a sutfo.
calcd persaa would make, would have some
thing afthat Mind, and as the marks Of lividity
AVID ,Wrg,d'ty, (which according to Good. are
the proper sigas Of suilocation1 were present,
4 vas Under tue ir ~eesstOn, that she had been
Ia 5 ne way deprived Of her senses, before the
a.; w,s commi,t d-perhsps by being stunned.
Not atyiag ever seen a work on Medical Juris.
trUd, Gce, or ever been engaged in court, ina
case ofghe kind, | have consulted every autho.
lil ga tie subject 1 could, add after frtquen,
c09suilasions with DIR. Samuel p. Smith, since
hH prisoner has been takeD. | am now del,ber
4'c'v 1t the opinion, that she came 10 her deafh
81 y B9eGtftn. having Previously been deprived 81
tet ,JIses IA SONG n1annsr-She could not have
dtd o' y broken neck, for vi could discover
~ 9 telare from external examinalion--ter az
tesapttue to speak to her child preciuded such
~ idea. a. il also did that of death by eoncus
s.on The modene coloused blood would net
have appeared IN the pulmonary veins, II she
tr.d heeh bret stunned, as the strength necessa-
p, go tive the blood from the lungs would have
01cn taken away. Putrefsetion was too far adj
Fanced internally, to examine the minute parts;
as he mucous tissues with the pattsexposed TO
blood would. thirty hours after death, simulate
EnU am nation IN ham aud a. the faFnin and
!,yid face and neck. with the engorged state OF
the Juguisrs were sufficient; and putFefsciion
could not take place ia the head snd neck stuff
Gent to cause The appearances without showing
some marks Of it on the abdomen, unless from
some unusual cause.
Doctor Samuel Il. Smith.-After de-
scribing the wounds as above, Doctor
Lawrence. gave it as bis opinion, that The
wounds were not sufficient alone to pro.
duce death, o did he think they were
evidence offarce sufficientts have caus-
ed death-nsr could death by concus.
sion so instantaneously produce the
appearances which presented themselves
upon dissection. itcould not have been
from compression, by rupture of any of
the vessels of the brain, as death in such
cases is generally gradual. 1t could
not have been apoplexy-her state sf
health, form, temperament, &c. forbid
such an idea. 1t was not putrefac,ion,
the body was only in the first stag Of
publication, and that rather partial -
He has never been able satisfactorily TO
account for the tumefaction and genetal
appearance about the neck, bead, SC.
without referring to the lungs for its
ranco Hnn Ny.pr that ~ &L,n, ,rh.ok
suddenly arrests respiration produces
all the appearances which were disco
vered in this case. He has always been
able to account for the appearances
upon the plainest principles Of pbysiol. ]
ogy, by reference TO the lungs, (by ex-
GLIDING atmospheric air. and thinks it
was SO produced (Cress examination }
Both wounds on the head were received
before death. The distortion Of fea
lures, appearances about the eyes, such
as are usual after sufecation, were
nearly all absent in the case She must
have been severely stunned by the
blows on the head, and then suffscated,
which would leave but little mark OF
external violence, and vet be sufficient
to produce distention of the vessels OF
the head, neck, SC, Thinks some of
ihe females mistaken about the corpse
looking natural Immediately after death
(The face and neck presented a livid
appearance as soen as laid oat-this
information has since been obtained
from an undoubted source.) Females
are not competent to judge in such ca.
ses. whether the face and neck be
enlarged or not-not likely to notice
such things, unless very remarkable,
when alarmed by being taken TO the
side of a corpse suddenly deprived Of
life. When the vessels of the neck are
greatly d%istended with blood, it is al
ways an evidence Of tbe large vessel Of
the chest called capG descsRdens, being
engorged, (when the circulation is not
interrupted by mechanical pressure,l
such is always the case in sufocation,
with a partial engagement also of the ]
pulmonary artery.
Doctor James VI. Smith Described
she wounds as had been done by Doctor
Iawrence, except that he would not
pretend TO describe the wound over the
eft eve so accurately. Thought the
.vouEts were evidence Of sufficient
force 10 have produced death Said
= er2 was an unusual quantity of blood
-ia4' the neck and head-it might |
a'Te Leen produced by s~uffecation, but
+ AHA rot say that it was. 1t was not
~qco"1ced b. pntrefaction, as it had not