Victorian CSI by William A Guy

Author:William A Guy
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780750961707
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2014-05-29T16:00:00+00:00

* “Lect. on Med. Jurisp.,” p. 508.

† Ogston, jun., Edin. Med. Journal, April 1882.

* The experiments of Liman (Casper’s “Handbuch,” vol. ii. p. 747, 5th edition) seem to throw considerable doubt on the value of the presence of water in the stomach as a sign of submersion during life. His experiments consisted in submerging the dead bodies of children in an artificial morass compounded of water and easily recognisable material. The bodies were placed in this, some with the face upwards, some quite submerged, and then taken out after a day or two by the head or feet, or in no definite manner. In sixteen experiments the material was found in the stomach seven times, and in the œsophagus, pharynx, and trachea fourteen times. Neither the degree of putrefaction nor the length of time during which the bodies were allowed to lie in the morass appeared to influence the result; nor did it matter whether the bodies were drawn out by the head or heels. He concludes from his experiments that the occurrence of water in the stomach or air-passages may be purely a post-mortem accident. Hoffmann, however, states that in his experiments water was never found in the smaller bronchial tubes, and only a slight obstruction, as by mucus, in the œsophagus or bronchial tubes was sufficient to prevent the entrance of water. (“Lehrbuch der gerichtlich. Med.,” 1881, p. 518.)

* “Lect. on Med. Jurisp.,” p. 508.

* The Direct Method of Artificial Respiration: Trans. Amer. Med. Assoc., vol. xxii. 1871.

* Smith’s “Forensic Medicine,” Appendix, p. 561.

* A great many cases, in which the bodies of suicides were found placed in every possible attitude, are given, illustrated by engravings, in an interesting paper in the fifth volume of the “Annales d’Hygiène.”

* “Lectures on Med. Jurisp.,” p. 554.

* Cases and Observations in Medical Jurisprudence: Ed. Med. and Surg. Journal, vol. xxxi. p. 243, 1829.

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