pp. 339-342._—Infant, age 8 months, accidentally strangled; it had been placed in its cradle; coverlet over it and held in place by a cord passed across. Some time afterward it was found dead beside the cradle, its head hanging with the right side pressing on the cord. Liégey had the mother replace everything as it had been and satisfied himself that the above statement was correct. When found, the face was pale, eyes and mouth closed; transverse furrow on right side of neck, level of larynx, 3.5 cm. long, one deep; muscles in vicinity congested. Lungs congested. Right side of heart contained clotted blood; left side nearly empty. He concluded that the case was one of accidental strangulation.