Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Observations on Apparent Death, From Suffocation, by Hanging or Drowning: Choke Damp, Produced by Inhaling Carbonic Acid, or Some Other Irrespirable Exhalation, by a Stroke of Lightning or Electricity, and by Exposure to Extreme Cold
In that variety Of asphyxia, from hanging or drowning, the countenance is turgid and livid.
In asphyxia from choke damp, produced by inhaling carbonic acid, or some other irrespirable exhalation, the countenance 1s pallid.
In electrical asphyxia, produced by a stroke of lightning, or electricity, the limbs are ?exible, the countenance is pale, and the blood is uncoagulable.
In frost-bitten asphyxia, produced by intense cold, the limbs are rigid, the countenance is pale and shrivelled.
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