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illustration._—Woman, age 77, suicided by hanging in the following way: a short cord was fastened by one end to a table leg; the other end was around her neck; she lay on the floor, face downward, clothing not disordered. The brain was congested; lungs congested and emphysematous; left side of heart empty (see Fig. 23). [Illustration: FIG. 23.—Suicide. The cord on the neck is 44 cent. from the cord on the table leg; vertex of head 30 cent. from table leg. Case reported by Hurpy (see p. 717, Case 10).]