4625

℞ Atropias sulphatis......gr. 1-100

Aquae.............℥ viij

M. S. One teaspoonful every half hour.

- Prof. A. A. Smith.

4626

℞ Camphorae..........3 ij 2/3

Olei terebinthinae......... ℥ j

M. Apply externally to the throat.

- Parrish.

4627

℞ Acidi hydrocyanici diluti ................  ij

Tincturae hyoscyami...... xx

Svrupi aurantii.........3 ss

Misturae amygdalae.......℥ ij

M. 3 j for a child two years old. - Ellis.

4628

℞ Potassii bromidi,

Chloralis hydratis.....āā 3 ij

Syrupi acaciae..................................... ℥ ij

M. S. One teaspoonful or less, according to age. - Ellis.

4629

℞ Tincturae belladonnae..... iv

Tincturae opii camphoratae..................... j

Pulveris aluminis.......gr. vj

Syrnpi acaciae..........℥ ss

Aquae.............℥ jss

M. S. One teaspoonful every two or three hours, at six months of age.

- Meigs and Pepper.

Death. Signs of Death.

4630

1. Tie a string firmly about the finger. If the end of the finger becomes swollen and red, life is not extinct.

2. Insert a bright steel needle into the flesh. If it tarnishes by oxidation in the course of half an hour, life may be considered not extinct.

3. Inject a few drops of liquor ammonia under the skin. During life, a deep red or purple spot is formed.

4. Moisten the eye with atropine. During life the pupil will dilate.

5. Look at a bright light, or at the sun, through the fingers held closely side by side. During life the color is pink; after death, a dead white.

6. After death a dark spot is said to form gradually on the outer side of the white of the eye, from the drying of the sclerotic, so that the dark choroid shows through.

7. Putrefaction is an absolute sign of death. Better delay for it than run any risk of burying alive.

4631

Apply faradism to the muscles of the limb or trunk five or six hours after supposed death; if there be no contractile response, it may be certified with certainty that death has occurred.

- Dr. Hughes Bennet.

4632

Puncture the cornea and evacuate the aqueous humor. When the pupil contracts, life is still present; when it remains immovable, it is a certain sign of death.

4633

Real death may be recognized by the application of the Vienna caustic paste, or other caustics, to the skin of the subject supposed to be dead. If no eschar is produced, or if this is yellow or transparent, the subject is dead; but if it is black, or reddish brown, then the subject is still living. - M. Peyraud.