one pressing on the front, the other on the back of the neck,
flattening larynx and other soft parts. In the following case some
hard substance, like a brick, had been wrapped in a cloth and used
for compression. Boy, age 15. Necroscopy: Large dark ecchymosis in
subcutaneous tissue of front of neck and upper part of chest. Also
marks of violence on chest and left side of face. Dissection of neck
showed blood-clot and also laceration of muscles. Trachea folded on
itself, showing that compression had lasted several minutes. Tongue
protruding and bitten. Eyes closed. Features calm. Trachea much
congested. Lungs congested. Great veins of heart and neck full of fluid
blood. Heart, dark fluid blood in both sides, mostly in right. Brain
and membranes much congested.