COWPER--Sir, I would ask you, was you not angry that Mr. Camblin would not join with you in opinion? DIMSDALE--No. COWPER--Did you not tell him that you were a graduate physician, and was angry he would not join you? DIMSDALE--Suppose I did? HATSELL, BARON--But did you so or no? DIMSDALE--Yes, my lord, we had some words about it. JONES--Swear Dr. Coatsworth. (Which was done.) Now, my lord, we call these gentlemen that are doctors of skill, to know their opinions of them that are found floating without water in them, how they came by their death. DR. COATSWORTH--I have not seen many drowned bodies to make observation upon; but it is my opinion, that every body that is drowned, is suffocated by water passing down the windpipe into the lungs upon respiration; and at the same time, the water pressing upon the gullet, there will be a necessity of swallowing a great part of it into the stomach; I have been in danger of being drowned myself, and I was forced to swallow a great quantity of water. If a person was drowned, and taken out immediately, as soon as the suffocation was effected, I should not wonder if there were but little water in the stomach and guts; but if it lay in the water several hours, it must be very strange if the belly should not be full of water; but I will not say, it is impossible it should be otherwise. COWPER--I desire to know, whether this gentleman attempted to drown himself, or was in danger of being drowned by accident? DR. COATSWORTH--It was by accident: I was passing up the ship-side, and took hold of a loose rope instead of the entering rope, which failing me, I fell into the water. COWPER--But you struggled to save yourself from drowning? DR. COATSWORTH--I did so; I have seen several persons that have been drowned, and they have lain several days, until by fermentation they have been raised; but I never made my observations of any persons that have been drowned above six hours. JONES--Did you ever hear of any persons that, as soon as they were drowned, had swam above water? DR. COATSWORTH--I have not known such a case. COWPER--Did you ever know, Sir, a body that was otherwise killed, to float upon the water? DR. COATSWORTH--I never made any observation of that. HATSELL, BARON--Dr. Browne has a learned discourse, in his _Vulgar Errors_, upon this subject, concerning the floating of dead bodies; I do not understand it myself, but he hath a whole chapter about it.[46] _Then Dr. Nailor was sworn._ JONES--We ask you the same question that Dr. Coatsworth was asked, What is your opinion of dead bodies? If a body be drowned, will it have water in it or no?