GESTATION, usual period of, 218—230 shortest period, 241 longest period, 242 authorities on, 247
GRIEF, excessive, death by, II. 26—28—30—110
GUNPOWDER, not to be kept in large quantities, 352
HANGING, death by, II. 42 whether induced by apoplexy, II. 43 signs of death, produced by, II. 45 recovering after, 89 death by, III. 42 accidental, III. 43 murder by, III. 44
HARGRAVE, Francis, his note on the legitimate period of gestation, 218
HEAD, injuries of, 326—II. 25 policy of preserving, III. 73
HEALTH, preservation of the public, 85 in Ireland, 85
HEART, functions of the, II. 17 rupture of, II. 26 _See_ Syncope. morbid structure of, II. 30 examination of the, III. 56 ruptured, III. 60 of infant, examination of the, III. 119
HEAT, death by, II. 63 application of, II. 81
HELLEBORE, II. 203—207 white, II. 372 poisoning by, II. 373 antidote to, II. 374 black, II. 374 fœtid, II. 375
HEMLOCK, II. 148—203—207—420 water, II. 421
HERMAPHRODITES, 207—228—283 non-existence of, 284—288 supposed cases of, 285—288
HOMICIDE generally, II. 1 by misadventure, II. 466
HORN manufactories, a source of nuisance, 338
HOSPITALS, ventilation of, 126 not nuisances, 351
HYDRO-cyanic acid, II. 396 _see_ prussic acid.
HYDROSTATIC test of infanticide, III. 109 Dr. Hutchinson’s mode, III. 111 test, objections to, III. 113
HYMEN, 203 imperforate, 207 as a proof of virginity, 428 authorities on, 430
IDENTITY of children, 219 how to be proved, 222 mistakes as to, 440—III. 8—142 non, plea of, III. 131
IDIOTCY, medically considered, 308 congenital, 308 general symptoms of, 309 in criminal cases, III. 131
IMPOTENCE, 176—197 mental, 177—210 corporeal, 197 absolute or relative, 197—215—217 temporary or permanent, _ib._ organic, 197 by phymosis, 204 in females, 206 by adhesion, _ib._ by irritability, 208 functional, 208 by epilepsy, 209
IMPREGNATION, 203—III. 71 sine penetratione, 203 per urethram, 204 experiments on, 268 consent not necessary to, 436
IMPRISONMENT, murder by excessive, II. 112
INFANT, violation of, 419 _See_ Rape. dead body of, how to be examined, III. 99 whether born alive, III. 100 dissection of, III. 107 death of, whether natural, III. 122 criminals, III. 131
INFANTICIDE, 249—258—III. 84 physiological illustrations of, III. 98