Outlines of medical jurisprudence for India / by J.D.B. Gribble and Patrick Hehir.

  • Gribble, J. D. B. (James Dunning Baker), -1906
Date:
1892
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Credit: Outlines of medical jurisprudence for India / by J.D.B. Gribble and Patrick Hehir. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGE. Third stage of decomposition—Fourth stage of decomposition— Internal warmth preserved after rigidity—Hypostases—Hy- postasis occurs before putrefaction—Difference between vital and post-mortem ecchymosis—Changes produced by putrefac- tion—Mistaken appearance of poisoning] by mineral acids— Melanosis mistaken for effect of sulphuric or oxalic acid or caustic alkalies—Ulcerations of stomach and^intestines—Soften- ing and perforation of stomach—Putrefaction causes change in colour of skin—Period of discoloration—Fat bodies putrefy sooner than thin bodies—Circumstances which promote and retard putrefaction—Period of appearance of vesications— Period of appearance of immature maggots or the ova of flies— Period of appearance of mature or moving maggots shorter in India than in England—Eate of putrefaction—Opinion as to time of death from state of putrefaction—Decomposition in air, earth, and water—Buoyancy of decomposed body in water— Notes of a river accident, regarding buoyancy of dead body . 84-102 CHAPTER VIII. WOUNDS, RUPTURES, AND OTHER INJURIES AS AFFECTING DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY. Wounds of the head—Difference between concussion of the brain and intoxication—Fractures of the skull—Wounds on the face —Injuries to the spine—Incised wounds to the chest—Torture by Bansdola—Confessions obtained by police—Confessions made to police inadmissible as evidence—Ordinary occurrence in evid- ence of police officers—Extortion of confessions—Pressure on the chest as a means of extorting confessions—Cases of sudden death in lunatic asylums—Rupture of internal organs the result of violent injuries to chest and abdomen—Wounds of the lungs —Wounds of the heart. ...... 106-116 CHAPTER IX. RUPTURE OF INTERNAL ORGANS. Deaths from rupture of internal organs—Order of frequency of rup- ture of internal organs—Organs most frequently ruptured— Spleen most frequently ruptured—Rupture of the spleen— Symptoms of rupture of spleen—Prognosis of rupture of spleen —Treatment of rupture of spleen—Treatment of rupture of spleen in case of internal haemorrhage—Further remarks on rup-