Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic medicine and Toxicology. Vol. 1 by R. A. Witthaus et al.

Witthaus, R. A. (Rudolph August), 1846-1915, Becker, Tracy C. (Tracy Chatfield), 1855-1935

Chapter 194: 62. _Ibid., p. 4._—Woman, age 38. Rope close under the chin passed

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Chapter 194: 62. _Ibid., p. 4._—Woman, age 38. Rope close under the chin passed

upward behind the ears. Head bent on chest. Large wound above clavicle. Under the rope was a depression (made after death) but no hemorrhage. Much blood in abdomen and a hole in the liver. Kidney bruised and blackened. Right lung torn through; blood in pleuræ. Wounds were supposed to be gunshot, but the husband confessed that he had thrust a sharp solid bamboo into her body and afterward hung it up. She died of hemorrhage.
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