(2) The subjects were generally old persons.
(3) It was noticed more frequently in women than in men.
(4) All the persons were alone at the time of occurrence.
(5) They all led an idle life.
(6) They were all corpulent or intemperate.
(7) Most frequently at the time of occurrence there was a light and some ignitible substance in the room.
(8) The combustion was rapid and was finished in from one to seven hours.
(9) The room where the combustion took place was generally filled with a thick vapor and the walls covered with a thick, carbonaceous substance.
(10) The trunk was usually the part most frequently destroyed; some part of the head and extremities remained.
(11) With but two exceptions, the combustion occurred in winter and in the northern regions.