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that these men would shortly become available for further in- 

 vestigation on the autopsy table, but the sentences of two were 

 commuted to life imprisonment twenty-four hours before the 

 time set for their execution; therefore, we secured a necropsy 

 of only one man. Each man received 10 cubic centimeters of the 

 drug three days before the date of the execution. The dose was 

 arbitrarily fixed, and was 2 cubic centimeters below the maxi- 

 mum given by Leach to a man in Ceylon. (7) None of the men 

 showed any marked reaction to the drug aside from headache 

 and anorexia. 



None of these men was heavily infested. Prisoner 18090 

 (the man who was executed), harbored 11 hookworms, only 1 

 of which was an ancylostome. The other two men, Nos. 18093 

 and 18095, harbored 12 and 42 hookworms, respectively. 



The physical examination of prisoner 18090, was made just 

 twenty-four hours prior to his execution, immediately after the 

 death warrant had been read to him. The examination dis- 

 closed no physical abnormalities except some anaemia of the 

 mucous membranes. The pulse was regular in rate and rhythm, 

 82 beats to the minute. Neither the spleen nor the liver was 

 palpable. 



The man was hanged at 11 a. m., and the body was delivered 

 to us at 11.30. The thorax and abdomen were opened at 11.35. 

 Captain Manlove's protocol is as follows: 



External examination shows the body to be that of a well-developed, 

 well-nourished adult Filipino male. The skin over the thorax is covered 

 with tattoo marks. No pigmentation. There is marked crepitation of 

 the vertebrae of the cervical region. On section of the body there is a 

 normal amount of subcutaneous fat. The muscle is reddish and appears 



Abdomen. — The serosa covering the small intestine is pinkish, moist, 

 and apparently normal. The abdominal viscera are normally placed. The 

 diaphragm is normally placed. 



Thorax.— The lungs completely fill the thoracic cavity. There are a few 

 adhesions in the right upper thoracic cavity; otherwise the pleural sacs 

 are normal. The lungs, themselves, are considerably distended with air 

 and collapse on section. The lung tissue is apparently normal. 



Heart.— The pericardial sac is normal. The heart is about normal in 

 size. The right side of the heart, however, is distended with blood. 

 The muscle is congested but apparently normal. 



Spleen.— About normal in size, shape, and consistence. On section con- 

 siderable blood oozes from the cut surface, but otherwise it apparently is 

 normal. The adrenals are normal in appearance, though slightly congested. 



Kidneys.— The kidneys are normal in size, shape, an' 

 are markedly congested. Otherwise they are normal. 



Liver. — It shows marked congestion, but otherwise is 



