In death from drowning, the lungs are distended and overlap the heart, and have a peculiar spongy feeling. They also contain a quantity of frothy fluid, which cannot be produced in the dead body, as it is the result of the violent efforts made by the individual to breathe in the act of dying. This frothy condition of the fluid in the lungs is an important sign of death by drowning, especially if the fluid corresponds with that in which the individual is said to have perished. It is just _possible_, however, that the person may have been first suffocated, and then thrown into the water, froth in the trachea being found in those suffocated; but in this case the froth is small in quantity, and not watery. The froth in the drowned is like that made with soap and water, and is not viscid, thus differing from bronchitic exudation. Water in the stomach is an important indication of death from drowning, especially if the water contained in the stomach can be shown to possess the same characters as that in which the body was found. Water in the intestines is still more important. In a great number of cases this, however, must be next to impossible; when it can be identified, the value of this sign is enhanced by the fact that water does not enter the stomach in those submerged after death, unless putrefaction be far advanced, or the body has lain in very deep water. Casper concluded that a person had been drowned, by finding a small quantity of mud in the stomach after putrefaction had set in. Water, however, may be absent from the stomach if the person fall into the water in a state of syncope, and it may be present if the person has taken a draught of water before submersion. The effect of season on putrefaction in water is shown in the following table: Summer. Winter. 5 to 8 hours produce as much change as 3 to 5 days. 24 “ “ “ 4 to 8 “ 4 days “ “ 15 “ 10 to 12 “ “ “ 28 to 42 “ (Devergie.)