judicial hanging; hung at the same time and cut down and necroscopy
begun forty minutes afterward; drop twelve inches. In the first and
third there were reflex movements for a few minutes after drop fell.
_First man_, age 40; pupils slightly dilated; no protrusion of tongue
or eyeballs; mark of cord above thyroid cartilage; no discharge of
semen or fæces; ecchymosis under cord, left side; dislocation of atlas
from axis; odontoid ligaments ruptured; transverse ligament uninjured.
Brain and membranes much congested; clear fluid in lateral ventricles.
Lungs collapsed, anæmic; one ounce straw-colored serum (measured) in
pericardium; dark fluid blood in both ventricles of heart; liver much
congested.