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

  • Gribble, J. D. B. (James Dunning Baker), -1906
Date:
1898
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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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    CHAP. III.] MODES OF DEATH. Blows on the head causing cerebral disturbance. (Concussion, shock, etc.) Action of narcotic poisons from their specific action on the brain and nervous system. (Opium, etc.) Action of certain mineral poisons. (Barium, arsenic, etc.) (Certain discharges and haemorrhages, which, although incapable of producing syncope, paralyse' the nervous centres. Plugging of an artery supplying the brain by a clot, or by solid material detached from any surface over which the arterial current has flowed. Certain cases of kidney or liver disease. (Uraemic poisoning, etc.) II.—SYNCOPE—DEATH BEGINNING AT THE HEART :— Syncope- death beginning (1) Ancernia—a deficiency in the quantity or alteration at the heart. of ilie quality of the blood— Injuries to the heart or to the larger blood vessels. Haemorrhages from lungs, uterus, etc. (Death by depletion.) Discharges other than blood but which indirectly drain the blood. (Extensive suppuration, etc.) (2) Asthenia—a deficiency in the power of the heart or general vital forces— Starvation. Exhausting diseases. (Phthisis, diabetes, dysen- tery, cancer—especially of the stomach and (esophagus, tumours pressing on the thoracic duct, etc.) Action of certain poisons. ('ertain injuries. ( ( Wcussion of the spine. Severe blows on the epigastrium, etc.) Severe brain lesions.
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