The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-01-17
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person who died from strangulation or In
ease Oh the tongue might might protrude.
There are many instances OF persons dead in hch
hink the ply scians ought not to form any opinion OF
the cause There circulation called the capillary cir
cuiation which may exist utter the heart has ceased To
beat The blood IN the heart would be somewhat in.
nuenced by the position the body lay The right side OF
have geneiolly had some blood in them The caplIsrv
vessels may be said to be full of this blood
In cases where bodies have been burnt before
death and the burning ceoses there is red mark but
If the burning goes on, the red mark oblteated In
me case oil burning burn OF great extent Of surface
Will produce death where burn OF great depth but OF
small extent will not thought from That / heard tcs
fled here to-day, that the burns this were sui
Client 10 cause death, and should suppose that
peIate person would die directly. know OF n gentleman
in Maryland, who in the habit Of drinking who was
found in his dead with his leg neatly ii not quite
burnt of person may die of CONFUSION OF The stimuli
or they may die placid from the absence OF it. do not
think 1t follows that person dying of burns must have
an agonized expression OF counenance Some persons
die Of acute suffering with a composed counteiance
My mother died OF acute suffering at the age OF 10
and she exhibited perfect composure of features after
death Here the witness explained the Court that be-
ing in New York at the time of this affair he WINS aston
shed to find that the medical men had made charge of
murder from the post moTtem appearances.
By PRISONERS CouNsEL-l would not undertake to say
what the cause of death may have been in this case
BY DISTRICT ATToRNEyl have been in this city since
the fire in this CASES once about week ago at the
New York hospitals saw case OF burning there the pa
der an operation in Pennsy lvana and there was no eN
bition OF pain Inerer where The Of
dead crhitdhe appearance Of harng died pam;
do wish to say anything against the cause OF tempe
rance but do say that Dr. Sowalls plates have grossly
and unparonably exaggerated the state of the stomach
after drinking it is enough TO make kill himself
once, for he cannot get WELL i'll OF cholera the
stomach presents pale appearance; person who has
been smothered by means OF pillow, would exhibit a
urgid appearance OF the BRAIN and also OF hs lungs
the heart could not speak, have heard the description
of the burn the eye and think might have been done
during life by aspak. It is laid down by the best med-
calls writer that the application Of heaso the body awoy
produces red mark; could not say what was the
of the mark the cheek which has been spoken Of
might have been from spark flake, for know that
such things will fly into strange places; knew that
| it burnt mans foot when he had his shoe
By PRIsoNERs CoUNsEL-In Of death from noXops
gases the countenance is calm and mosed paruly
| may be induced by inhaling smoke.
By DsTRIcr ATToRNEY-I place very little confidence
in medical hooks, for they only copy from another
| without performing any experiments
| Here the Court and adjourned