, 1859-01-29

ties ware aevered from the trunk; tho cut that |
severed the head was just beion sh. trschea,
continuing directly Backwards tWitness taa !
allored bT Court to refresh bis memory by the |
copy. The limbs wego both cut ia two; abdomen |
was laid euirsly open, inc2lon commencing at
the bottom Of belly, and continued upward aud |
partially through breast bone ny report says
10 the third rib; do nos recall II; tbe other
cut was st right aaglss' tEsps7erseI5, midway |
open oze side of the cavity; the os1e4' side Of |
tho abdomen was rot cut; the viscera we're re- |
moved, stomach, Href, intesti1ea, parcreas,
kidneys, bladder, sud userus; the vlscera Of |
the tnorax were undistarbed. III elunga and h ar.
Examined the organs or the chest, found
them healthyt examined the brain, found 1t |
very much coneested in its external surface, the
part thss would shor congestion; the interuLl |
eurfecs was apparently healthy; examined the
teeth particularly for ihs pu:pcae Of Identifying
the body oue Of tbs arms hkd .wo lille INCL
Mons ia ii: theEe was on ttis Arua cloth wrap-
ped around it; it was not put On straight, but
crinpled rpj was wrapped quite firmly the
cuts we're inside OF the bend oi the elbos: can
not ssT positively which arm think 1t was the
right; I feel certain it Was the right arm; the
hair was cut quite short; the body was that Of
a female, Of rather light build; did not men-
sure tae size; the hair ~aa brown The body
was well preserved, the faca retaining the natu-
raj appeArance; pursued the ordinary course
in opening the head, incising the AKIN, turnin.
back the scalp, saving of top Of skull; could
not from the body form any opinion as to the
ordinary sizs and blue color; the barrel was an
alcohol or uhi.kY barrel mere ~ss sa address,
two initials, and -" snuings," some nrm.
ber, Leonatd street. 4 barrel showo,) Should
say that was the barrel. z Had the stomach
been present, and the dea!h been by poison,
could you have discovered by analyss- Il
might or might not.
Ctos,-erauiaed by Nr. Tsn Arn.an Tbs
presence of the stomach would have given me
additional meaus of discovering the couse OF
death; discovered no unusual external na-ks of
irjury; xil The organs Of tbs abdomen we're
missing; IN my tifst enumeration l omitted to
mention the spleen; the disphragm WAs unmu-
tilated; it is division between the thorax and
abdomen; there were none OF the organs par
italy gone and partially pres.nt; examined
the luoge, first tn stu. them took then out and
incised them different ways; they we're in a nat
ura1 condition; there was alAoSt no blood in
them; found no morbid appsafauoes about the
lungs; examined them and the heart PARTICULAR
j.; cuI the heart to examine czvlt.es and valves,
and examined large arteries adjacent; hrst re.
moved skull, then the durh mater; it WAS
healthy; found the pirs mater, it's blood vessels
injected with dlood in health these vessels are
not visible to the eye; took cut the brain; cut
into it in various ways; the s9nusea Of tho brain
contained q little blood, no ri9re than healthy
brain should; the only evidence OF congestion
was Of the blood vessels at the surface; have
frequently examined heads Of persons deceased;
| ha ve seen others more and others Less congest-
ed; it would not be proper to call the conges-
tion disease; it seldom 0couss alone; 1t gener-
ally occurs with other diseases; the conges-
| sion il Questiou might have csused death
| examined the cut and severed surlscesj the 1esh
] had been cut With q toIerably Bharp knife, the
| bones had been sawed; as to shs differences Of
cuts made before aud alter death, could not dls-
| tinguiah unless some time had inteTveued after
| death il the l2aer case. Witness described
again the cuts opening the abdomen The YER
tica cut opened to the third rib, about sl1 inch
es above the bottom Of the sseznnm- Toe cut
only partially severed the bone; have no means
Of knowing if Tho cuts were made before or after
death they could not have been long after; the
| cuts on the arm were on the band of the eluoW !;
one was in the vein usually opened Tor bleeding;
| the other one is seldom oled from; i; it is the
| cephalic vein; the median vein shows itself
more prominently when the progress OF the blood
is impeded; only one tncision pen .trated veln;
| there we're no means OF knowing if they were
| made befote or after death; cuts made immedi.
a,sly after death can hardly be distinguished t;
By Immediately mean one or two hours; il
would depend on the rigidity Of the muscies.
Z. In the case Of wound after death would not
cut after death gap open more than before
death? 4. 1t would If made after little time
the Wounds in the arm, that in the medlan vein,
was half an inch in length, the other shorter;
GU the former the lips were percep:ib!y parted,
the others less 80; internally, there *.s under
passed out; it would run out little shortly II
ter death, but long alter de.th it would mol
| do so; ia the cut there Wsa slight coagu
1um; the other presented no such appearance
laye rrlcissd medicine Tor five years; neEes il
Hospital save az student; it Is customary tu bleed
in tue mcdi4a vein; The gashes were Of the usual
s'ze III bleeding wncte sprt1T lancet il u4ed
With thumb Lancet they wouis:aavc been sna llier
c!olh WAS wrapped about tbs atta Il It sEivuAliJ
IS i bandlye, but wrinklcd up; remember ouy
| this Que cloth; do not think it WIS bloody; fron
tie appearance Of the body did not. pretend II
| give any opiniuu as to time since death; lrcompo
| stieu depends ulucn Oh the weather; did not ex
anime barrel particularly; did not examine th'
| 1nucu5 membrane Of Mouth or throat; do no
think mutiIated or cut the neck OF thEo4t in an.
way; the appearances suggested to me no mode o
llcatn; was searching fD: no particular mode; y
Assistant Coroner for three yelra have held nian.
iuqucsts aud ma !e examinations; only used
saw in seycring the skull, no where else Oh 1b
been pretty sharp. ReleHins to his minues)
find l said somewhat dull cutting instru
lnent; never examined the brain or hea
Of person who died Of strangulatiou
such . death ought TO eongcst I'll
brain, the heart would act more violently tb
| blood also impeded on lts return in the case {
| death by strangutation, where subsequent MT
} | tjation Took place, the traces Of copgestio
, / would remain in the small blood-vesse1s N
| capiIlaries: the lungs should slao present
atate of congestion: The b1ood-vessels then a,
| Is small: in a case OF drowning the death il )
, s.rauenlution, lungs and brain not congeeted
in cases Of death. by irrisaut poison, as BY ars
, pic, The brain SHOULD be cougested; il wou
, take p!aco by the violence of action; the lun,
t should be conees,ed also; there would be ne e.
ternal marks Of arsenic; in jill cases Of violeI
g death should look for congestion in the brs,
: | n1so in the Iunps. but lets turely. perhaps:
( uarrnt;c no;sons .hould Ind stili more cqnoe
). | tion in the hrain. also the lunus: IN nv reno
. said the hrsin vas intensely coo9ested it m1
/ | he tno xtronr 4 term to apply: in death by us
9 cotic noisnn should find the brain intensely CO
!. ceated you'd not expect to ind lesions and e
). travssntionn of the blood into the brain: ba
+: aIam;nrd hran of nersons that dad hv marco,
noison surfaca much conoested- einuses ful
| the lnnux were eon1ested jthint. the hroin
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t ns;ns atnna excrnt that 7ouno man from
n ho.nitsl stsnped ID. sod iust qlsnced at them
i iiule. cnt he mouth. ertendino it out1ard
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