Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic medicine and Toxicology. Vol. 1 by R. A. Witthaus et al.

85. _Dyer: Trans. Amer. Ophthal. Soc., 1866, p. 13._—Man, age 24;

weight one hundred and seventy-four and a half pounds; drop three feet; knot under left ear; for two minutes at intervals, slight motion of abdomen, like effort at respiration, and at same time knees drawn up a little. Death speedy and quiet. Cut down at end of thirty minutes. Necroscopy thirty-five minutes after drop. Body and head moist and warm; emission of semen; face livid; upper lid discolored; abrasion of skin under right ear; deep red mark around neck. Eyeballs not prominent; eyelids closed; corneæ dull; pupils a little dilated. _Both lenses fractured._ Brain normal; spinal cord normal. Heart empty.