Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-07
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tisns upoa the body OF drowned peson On
the ground of an unxiiiingusss 70 testify -
IN expert in afou ming cases for hack Of sufh-
Cert personal experience
On cross examination d.. Gerrish said he
coah mol say Whist the sax Of the person TO
whom the skull used for illustrAtionl had
belonged but thai il was a young persoa OF
about Is TO 20.
Ii perpendieulsr iise was drawn from
the extreme oalsr rin % the ear. cnis one
,ti-i OF the temporal muscle would Be be-
hind il, and that part woua b. tia.
An effusiou from blow wiil result in
swelling as sooa as the blood has poured
Gu, into the tissues. provided that there has
been a hole made IN a Hood vessel.
II the surface Was hloa.ed an inch At
every poin; il would bs difficult 10 detect
the blood elot either through the appear
ance OF sselsing or by pressure.
Would expect, aftsr many years expert
enes, that under such conditions, provided
the TISSUES about il were in good CONDITION,
to distinguish between = blcod eiot and
temporal muscle in a deeomrossd state.
Gould, personally, tell bet~een them al
any point Of decomposition short OF actual
dlsiutsgration. ANY physician OF expert
enee could readily tell, If cara ful, the diff
ference between lsceration OF the tissues
and the temporal muscle.
Tie temporal muscle Is very firmly at
taehei TO skull and after blow that would
shsiter the skull the muscle weu.a still re-
main attached To the pieces. No force
from direct blow on the side would cause
the muscle 10 pail off.
The mos. dangerous place on the head Al
which to tia ,a<n w0uli b. hard 10 specify
Doctors divide the brain, primarily. iGto
i've portions. The most susceptible is on
the extreme back OF the head. Behind the
ears would be bad place u 30 -.
When say that this muscle l. ii'm'r al
herent TO the skull | mean, substail is,
that ii is gro sn 10 ths skun. stflr.,
speaking there is nothing b,Sse.n the mus
Gle and the skull. The muscle is fiat and
very large portion Of the lan.r surface,
three quart.rs, perhaps, IS freely a'hrr-
ent 10 tie skull.
A terl on is par; of muscle AMI the
part Of the tendon- of the temp,fa. muscles
,dheIing 10 the head IS very sno.,, varying
in length bota Ways from oue-t, niu inch.
Inere is nothing TO prevent the blood
pouring cut toto the places hetscen the
tendon ami ole nj gAt get small blood e.o'
tAere.
The teeth are the last portions of the
body TO decompose. Besi,l. the teeth peAl
come the bones, then the car ilegts. might
make exception in favor of the ha'r VT CHI
decays very slos ly. pf. Gerrish then &c
| scrioed the structure and use OF The CA =
irges Next after the cartilage the fibrOus
structures would las: the !oogest. Tn,
scalp, being made up of tibrous Tissue
would not decay as quickly as the temporal
muscle, and less rapidly than the thin PAL
of the muscle back of the ear.
| Muscles are made up of muscular tissue
and tendon. Ii in a deal body. shoult
| dud the scalp very well preserved, lwou!t
ez pect 10 fiud the muscles in 4 fair state o
preservation The skull is Immediately
covered by membrane called the peri
Uranium, connecting with the tenIons o
the temporal muscles.
Time varies in which We keep subject
for dissecuons. Have known them TO b
kept for We, ks, onths, perhaps year, !
blow whi, h produced no liberation or cut
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