40. Berliner: Viert. f. ger. Med. und öff. San., 1874, xx., pp. 245-253.—Woman, age 30; found hanging. Opinion, suicide.
41. Deininger: Friedreich’s Blät. ger. Med., 1884, xxxv., pp. 47-59.—Woman, age 61; found hanging. Opinion given, suicide.
42. Mader: Bericht d. k. k. Rud. Stift., Wien. (1875), 1876, p. 378.—Woman, age 43; tried to hang herself. She was at once cut down, bled, and taken to hospital unconscious. Next day, face red; pulse and temperature normal. Third day, conscious and could speak, but not aloud; tongue twisted and turned to right; paralysis of right hypoglossal nerve. Uvula drawn to left. Skin of right limb felt “furry.” Applied electricity and gave strychnine; phonation was more distinct during the use of the battery. Two months later she was still aphonic, but the vocal cords were in better action. The right hemiparesis was lessened.
43. Grant: Lancet, 1889, ii., p. 265.—Man, age 48; found sitting against a door, hung to the knob by a handkerchief.
44. White: Lancet, 1884, ii., p. 401.—Woman, age 53, insane. Made several attempts at suicide; once with a stocking around her neck, once with an apron; the last time by fastening a portion of her dress to a ladder. She was quickly cut down, cold affusion applied, and artificial respiration (Sylvester). The eyes were prominent and glassy, pupils widely dilated, no reaction to light; conjunctivæ insensitive; lips livid; tongue swollen and pale; face pale; oblique depressed mark on neck, most marked on left side; skin cold; no pulse; no heart-beat recognizable; no respiration; no reflex action. Galvanism failed to arouse any muscular action. The details are too numerous to give all of them. There was reduplication of heart-sounds for several days, due to interference with pulmonary circulation. She recovered both bodily and mental health.
45. Richards: Indian Med. Gaz., 1886, xxi., p. 78.—Man, age 20; suicide; was cut down and lived for four days.
46. Kite: Univ. Med. Mag., 1888-89, i., p. 475.—Man, age 69; suicide.
47. Terrier: Prog. Méd., 1887, vi., pp. 211-214.—Two men, age 29 and 25, insane. Attempted suicide by hanging. Both resuscitated.
48. Nobeling: Aertz. Intellig.-bl., 1884, xxxi., p. 213.—Two suicides by hanging; men, ages 24 and 40.
49. Ritter: Allg. Wien,. med. Zeit., 1886, xxxi., p. 375.—Soldier, found hanging. Cut down in ten minutes. Artificial respiration applied; fifteen minutes later, an effort at respiration; face changing from blue to white and then to red; pulse small, irregular; still unconscious; mark of ligature distinct; a few hours later had a maniacal seizure; gave morphia hypodermically and he slept; was also aphonic. Gradually recovered and returned to duty.