hung. Drop five feet. Pulse beat rapidly a few minutes, then lessened
in frequency and stopped beating in fifteen minutes. During this
time there was violent spasm of muscles of thorax and upper limbs.
Necroscopy, dark groove around neck crossing larynx just below _pomum
Adami_. Brain congested. Lungs emphysematous. Cricoid cartilage
fractured diagonally. Laryngeal mucous membrane showed ecchymosis and
œdema. Vertebræ neither fractured nor dislocated.