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place in the mortality oi females, than what naturally results from the progress of age; 2u, 

 that at all periods of the life of man, from 30 to 70, a greater mortality occurs than in wo- 

 men, but especially 40 to 50. (M. Bcnoiston de Vhateauneuf on the Mortality of Females 

 from 10 to 50 Years of Age. Paris, 1822.) 



Of the Signs of Death. 

 Note M. M. 



This subject has been so fully and ably discussed in the very excellent works of Dr. Beck, 

 of Dr. Gordon Smith, and of Dr. Paris and Mr. Foublanque, on Medical Jurisprudence, that 

 we prefer recommending the reader to consult them on this subject, to entering imperfectly 

 upon the topic at this place, our limits not allowing the satisfactory discussion of it 





