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).]