Pathological researches on death from suffocation and from syncope, and on vital and post-mortem burning : suggested by the case of the alleged Bridgnorth matricide / by Samuel Wright.

Date:: 1850

Credit: Pathological researches on death from suffocation and from syncope, and on vital and post-mortem burning : suggested by the case of the alleged Bridgnorth matricide / by Samuel Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Heart.—GodwinColeman;' Fothergill Report of the Royal Humane Society for 1816, p. 43; Male;' Curry ;i Smith ,<«' Chaussier; Orfila;'' Devergie;'' J3ichat;('-' Kay;*' Semple;* Herapath,<«' Traill.'^' (/() Op. cit. (/) Op. cit.—Coleman found the proportions of blood in the right cavities, comparatively with that in the left, as 3 2-8 to 1 6-8. (k) Op. cit., pp. 17-19, and p. 175. (0 Epitome of Juridical or Formsic Medicine., London, 1816, p. 142. {in) On Apparent iJeaih from Droiminff, Suffocation, <tc., London, 1816, pp. 40, 43. (»0 Principles of Foreimc Medicine, London, 1821, p. 208. (0) Op. cit., pp. 355-358. Op. cit. ((j) Op. cit. (;•) Stir la Vie et la Mart, p. 229—Bichat says, the right ventricle, and auricle, and the pulmonary artery, are distended to the utmost witli a dark fluid blood. (.<) On the Physiolotjy, Patlmloyy, ami Treatment of Asphyxia, London, 1834, p. 120 and p. 161. (0 Lancet, 1841, May 29, p. 328. (m) Ibid, 1843, May 27, p. 287. Medical Jurispiiulence, 2nd edition, p. 80. See lUso Amudct d'Hygi&ne, torn, xviii, p. 485. Druitt, Suryemi's Vade Mecum, 4th edition, p. 3, note. Jicck's Medical Jurispnuleiux, 7th edition, p. 658. Principes de Midedne Ufi'*' nu .Tudidaire, traduita de VAUemand du DocteurJ. Dan. Metzger, et aiigmentis de notes, par le Dr. J. J. Ballard, p. 109.$