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 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF POST MORTEM FINDINGS IN DEATH BY STARVATION (MEDICAL), AND POST MORTEM FINDINGS IN DEATH DURING THE FAST AS NOTED IN THE TEXT.

DEATH BY STARVATION. DEATH IN THE FAST.

EMACIATION.

Marked. In cases where cirrhosed

state of liver or stomach existed, emaciation was similar to that in chronic ailments, but in the other instances it was not at all marked.

SKIN.

Shrivelled and wrinkled; Smooth and pliable in all emits a fetid odor ; sometimes cases ; free from odor ; no dark brown, varnishy coat- coating; not adherent. Exing; tightly adherent to parts cept in cases of cirrhosis of beneath; rough, scurvy sur- liver or stomach, perfectly face. white. In the latter sinused

condition as noted.

SUB-CUTANEOUS FAT.

Absent. In all cases sub-cutaneous

fat was present. This was especially so where disintegration of the liver is noted ,

POST MORTEM RIGIDITY.

Pronounced. Very slight.