OF THE INTESTINES. 259 



Oxygen - 11,00 



Carbonic acid - - 14,OO 



Pure hydrogen - 3,55 



Azote - - - - 71,45 





100,00 



In the small intestines of a subject, four and twenty years of 

 age, who had eaten, two hours before execution, bread and 

 Gruyere cheese and drunk eau rougie, 



Oxygen 0,00 



Carbonic acid - 24,39 



Pure hydrogen - 55,53 



Azote 20,08 



100,00 



twenty-three years of age, who had eaten the 



same food, and was executed with the former, 



Oxygen - O,OO 



Carbonic acid 40,00 



Pure hydrogen - 51,15 



Azote 8,85 



100,00 



twenty- eight years of age, who, four hours before 



execution, had eaten beef, bread, lentils, and drunk red wine, 



Oxygen 0,00 



Carbonic acid 25,00 



Pure hydrogen - 8,40 



Azote 66,6O 



100,00 



In the large intestines of these three criminals, were found, 

 Oxygen - 0,00 



Carbonic acid - - 43,50 



Carburetted hydrogen and some\ 

 traces of sulfuretted hydrogen - j ' 



Azote - 51,03 



s L l 100,00 



