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 3. Circumstances to be learnt by the interrogation of competent Witnesses.

Report of witnesses.—Is the body in the same situation and condition as when first discovered.—Can the body be identified.—Period at which the deceased was last seen, by whom, in what place, under what circumstances, and in whose society.—Are there any moral reasons to excite the suspicion of his having committed suicide.—What was his occupation.—Had he lately met with any disappointment or misfortune.—Had he appeared dejected or melancholy.—Are there any persons with whom he associated, who had any remarkable interest in his death.

4. Circumstances to be learnt by anatomical dissection.

Practical instructions for performing it with success.—Dissection of the Brain and its appendages.—Method of opening the head.—Appearance of the skull-cap, whether fractured or in a state of disease.—Whether any and what extravasated matter is visible on the dura mater.—State of the meningeal vessels in relation to sanguineous congestion.—Substance of the brain.—State of the ventricles.—Base of the cranium, whether fractured.—Cervical vertebræ, whether dislocated.

Dissection of the Thorax, Abdomen, and Uterus—Manner of opening the chest.—Whether any fluid be found in that cavity.—Appearance of the lungs.—Condition of the bronchiæ.—Pericardium, whether it contains more than a usual proportion of fluid.—General appearance of the viscera.—Particular condition of the intestines.—The stomach, its appearance, and contents.—The duodenum, colon, rectum.—State of the liver—Gall bladder, and ducts.—The spleen-kidneys.—Organs of generation.—Uterus.—Fallopian tubes.—Ovaria.—External parts of generation.