+-------+------------+------------------+ | | Eighth. | Full Period. | +-------+------------+------------------+ |Humerus|23-24 lines.|3 inches. | |Radius |18-19 “ |2 “ 8 lines.| |Ulna |22-23 “ |2 “ 10 “ | |Femur | 24 “ |3 “ 6 “ | |Tibia |21-23 “ |3 “ 2 “ | |Fibula |21-23 “ |3 “ 1 “ | +-------+------------+------------------+ Table showing the Maximum and Minimum Dimensions of the Osseous Nucleus of the Inferior Femoral Epiphysis from the Seventh Month of Intra-Uterine Life to Two Years after Birth +------------+-------------+------+-----------------------------------------+ | |INTRA-UTERINE| | EXTRA-UTERINE. | | | | | +-------------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | Days. Months. | | +-------+-----+ +-----------------+-----------------------+ | |Seventh|Ninth|Mature| 1-8 9-15 16-28| 1 3-6 7-12 12-24| | +-------+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | |lines| lines|lines|lines|lines|lines|lines|lines|lines| +------------+-------+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |Maximum | | 2 | 4 | 3½ | 3½ | 2½ | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | |Minimum | | “ | ¾ | 1 | ¾ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | No. of } | | | | | | | | | | | |Children}125| 31 | 9 | 52 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |examined} | | | | | | | | | | | +------------+-------+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ CHAPTER III MODES OF DYING, SUDDEN DEATH, SIGNS OF DEATH MODES OF DYING Syncope--death beginning at the heart. Asphyxia--death beginning at the lungs. Coma--death beginning at the brain. =Syncope.=--From δνγκοπτω, _I strike down_. Sudden arrest of the action of the heart. This condition may be brought about by 1. Deficiency of blood due to hæmorrhage--_death by anæmia_. 2. Effect of certain diseases and poisons, &c.--_death by asthenia_. Causes--_Heart Disease._--Aortic regurgitation, fatty degeneration, &c. _Hæmorrhages_ from wounds of blood-vessels or the heart, profuse hæmoptysis or hæmatemesis, uterine hæmorrhage, bursting of varicose veins, bursting of aneurysms.