Whether the spot in question be of a description to explain the cause of the deceased having been found there, or how far its retired situation excites the suspicion that the body had been conveyed thither for concealment, or some other purpose? 36 Whether any indications of a struggle having happened on the spot are visible on the ground, or herbage near the deceased, and whether any footsteps can be traced near the body? 37 Has there been a thunder storm? 38 Whether any, and what weapons, are lying near the body; and what is their position in relation to it? 38 If the body be found in the water, are there any, and what reasons for supposing that it was killed by other means, and subsequently thrown into the water? 39 If the deceased be found hanging by the neck, whether he was suspended during life, or hung up after death? whether it was an act of suicide or of murder? 42 If the deceased be found in an apartment, whether it be in a house of ill-fame? 44 3. Circumstances to be learnt by the interrogation of competent witnesses 45 4. Circumstances to be learnt by anatomical dissection 45 Dissection of the brain and its membranes 46 Dissection of the contents of the thorax 52 Examination of the abdomen 60 Examination of the uterus and its appendages 67 Examination of the skeleton 73 Case of Thomas Bowerman 80 Abortion and Infanticide 84 Physiological Illustrations—Abortion 93 Physiological Illustrations—Infanticide 98 I. To ascertain whether the child was born alive? 100 A. Inspection of the body of the Infant 98 B. Phœnomena displayed on the dissection of the internal parts 107 Cavities of the mouth, œsophagus, larynx, and trachea 107 Thoracic cavity 108 1. A fœtus may breathe as soon as its head is without the vagina, and immediately die 113 2. The lungs may have been artificially inflated 115