The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-07
RESULT OF AUTOPSY.
The Electric Current Cooked the Muscl
Like Overdone Beef

The Electric Current Cooked the Muscles
Like Overdone Beef
AUBURN. Aug, CDR. Shrady tonight
gave out the following as the result of the
autopsy:
The body was fairly we'll nourished. The
rigor mortis was marked, particularly
In the muscles OF the jaw,
neck and thorax. and gradually
extending from above downward, involving the
terror auxiliary line, also on the pendant sur-
face OF the upper and lower ex-
tremeties. The upper extremeties were
partly livid and rotated outward.
Postmortem iividity was apparent in an oval
depression Of the scalp upon the vertex, begin
ming ct the anterior hair line and measuring
four inches in its long and three and . half
inches in Its short diameter. On incising
the skin over the sternum the blood
which escaped was unusually dark and
fluid, and remained SO in exposure. There
was no hernacular action of the intestines on
exposure to the air or on irritation. The dia-
phragm extended from the fftA intercostal on
the left and the fourth on the right The blood
from the cut surface OF the liver was OF q CHINA
mon-like color. The abdomen organs were
normal in position and appearance. The
muscles of the thorax were Of the
usual color. Spots were noticed on
the posterior border of the lower lobe of the
left lung. Over half Of the lung floated when
placed in the water, showing marked EN-.
phygmalous condition. The bronchia
were normal in appearance and con.
tanned mucous and cir bubbles. The
right lung was adhcrent throughout with dia-
phragm. In the middle lobe of this lung were
numerous well-marked spots. The spleen was
normal in size and appearance. The left kid
ney weighed three and one-half ounces, and the
night kidney three ounces Both were INTENSELY
Tnnk Aa frH.
quarter ounces. The valves were healthy. The
bladder was contracted. The scalp on being re-
moved showed the verter of skull
to be in desicated condition.
corresponding with the contact Of
the electrodes, a. previously noted, hut of
larger area, being four inches, the gone of the
scalp being only two and one-half by three
inches long, the diameter being anteriorpos-
terror. On removal of the skull
cap the dura was normal in texture.
and somewhat dull in color. particularly over
an area corresponding with the zone of contact
in the prevalandic region, the meningeal vessels
measuring long. A convexity ant. rior posteri-
ously Of four inches on the left side and three
ssrooni .ss s 5sai o gsrs the filed wth
aspse. of the calvarium meningal vessels In the
dura the contents and coats appeared to be
black and carbonised. The carbonized vessels
were so little that their ends were
torn of with the calyerairum
and presented broken, Granny appearance.
This carbonization was limited in an alb.
rupt manner. Other meningeal vessels contained
blood OF q crimson-liks hue correspondent.
to the outer burn previously described. The
pira ana gyea themselves we're of pale bur
color. The rest had an ordinary rosy injection
of cortex. While observing this analme area il
was noticed that its blood vessels began
TO ill. The plea and brscbno,d
on convexity were perfectly normal and inter
esting II was observed on handling the mans
mediulla, in that they were found To he
warm by o thermometer inserted in the
fourth ventricle. The Temperature wss
noted at n iahren heat THIS corresponds MIR
the area OF temperature on the back of the necr
which was noted as 80 fahren heat. Two bonr:
after death the post-mortem brain corter q,
the area o. contacs was sensibly hardened
to one-sixteenth of its depth, where there wa.
n broken line OF vascusrity vessels. The ovey.
corpus ssreatum showed engagements in di,fsr.
ent parts OF their ramifcetions Fsops
was slightly softened. The burned jn,acr.
ment OF the back. on being removed
showed the spinal muscles underneath
to be cooked like oya,dr,,a
beef throughout their entire thickness Riood
taken Immediately after death showed undar
the microscope . marked granular eondition
almost suggesting an electhoiytic dissolrfion ~
the red corpuscies