CASE OF POISONING BY GIN. 163 
Through the whole period there was neither delirium, in- 
jection of the conjunctiva, convulsion (or tendency to convul- 
sion,) peevishness, or even anxiety of countenance. 
Post-mortem appearances, about twelve hours after death. 
External appearances. — The scalp free from any appear- 
ances of injury. The surface of the body perfectly natural, 
and without discoloration. No appearance of injury any where. 
Expression of face placid. 
Head. — On removing the scalp, no unusual redness disco- 
vered on its inner surface, nor any on the pericranium. 
The dura-mater rather more tense than usual; the arteries 
more visible; the blood within them rather more florid; in 
other respects natural. 
No morbid adhesions between the dura-mater and the arach- 
noid. No escape of fluid. 
The tunica arachnoidea more than commonly vascular. No 
coagulable lymph or other product of inflammation. Very 
slight pearly appearances, but not enough to indicate that 
inflammation had taken place. 
The veins of the membranes distended with dark blood; 
those corresponding with the temporal regions especially. 
The veins on the anterior part of the membrane full, as well 
as those of the other parts; the fulness, therefore, not the effect 
of gravitation after death. 
Base of the Cranium. — On removing the brain, a very 
small quantity of fluid (serum, tinged with blood,) in the fossae 
of the base of the cranium; the quantity so small as to appear 
to be only what oozed from the vessels during the removal of 
the cerebellum: it appeared to accumulate during the process, 
the quantity not exceeding from two to three drachms. 
The under surface of the brain natural. Upon making sec- 
tions of the medullary substance, not more than the usual points 
of blood, nor indeed more than might consist of a healthy and 
vigorous state of brain in a child of the patient's age. 
The quantity of fluid in the lateral ventricle natural; the 
vessels rather fuller; the blood within them more florid; the 
plexus choroides more than commonly full and florid; neither 
