PUTREFACTION.
Sets in at once and pro- Very slow in progress. No gresses very rapidly. preservatives were used on
any body before holding the autopsy. In one instance post mortem was held one month after death, and putrefaction was hardly noticeable. Slowness of decay is attributable to the constant employment of both external and internal baths during treatment. Fasting is a process of elimination in immediate result, and the products that tend to swift decomposition are removed from the body as rapidly as formed.
HEART.
Usually contracted, con- Normal in all cases. taining only a small amount of blood. Sometimes distinct atrophy.
LUNGS.
Normal but smaller. Normal except as noted.
BLOOD.
Lessened in amount, but Abundance of blood. No thin and fluid from anemia. apparent anemia.
BLADDER.
Invariably empty. Some- In all cases contained some times much atrophied. water. Pus as noted. No
atrophy except in CASE 7.
