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TRIAL OF JOHN W. WEBSTER. 59
aid of his diagram, as would facilitate its being understood by the jury.
The parts upon which he dwelt, as he proceeded, will be found noticed
in the continuation of his testimony, at the conclusion of his report.]
"CATALOGUE OF THE FRAGMENTS OF BONES, TAKEN FROM
THE ASHES OF THE FURNACE IN DR. JOHN W. WEBSTER'S
LABORATORY, AT THE MEDICAL COLLEGE, IN GROVE
STREET, AND FIRST SEEN BY ME, DECEMBER 2, 1849,
(SUNDAY.)
(The list of fragments of bones given at the Coroner's Inquest, is
prefixed. The present catalogue includes the parts there enumerated,
as well as others, which were determined subsequently to the inquest.
The numbers, which follow the names, in the Coroner's list are those
. which designate the same parts, in the present catalogue:-)
No. on Coroner's List. No. on New List.
1. Fragments of cranium, 7a
2. Fragments of the orbit of the eye, 1
3. Two fragments of the lower jaw, 11
4. Fragment of a humerus, (?) 14
5. Tip of the olecranon process of the ulna, 15
6. Terminal phalanx of a finger, 19
Fragments of a tibia. 21
8. Right astralgalus, 24
9. Right os-calcis, 23
10. Fragment of the atlas, 12
11. Cervical vertebra (its body united with the atlas (10),
since detached), 13
12. Phalanx of a toe, 30
13. Fragments undetermined, 35
RE-EXAMINATION.
Names of the bones identified, and the characters by which they
were determined. Those about which a question existed, are marked
as doubtful. [Received the fragments, (the second time,) January 24th,
1850.]
No. 1. Frontal Bone.-Quter angle of the orbit, left side.-On this may be
seen,-the outer portion of
Temporal ridge,
Part of the cavity of the orbit,
Supra-orbital notch,
Part of the frontal sinus.
(This is No, 2, of the Coroner's list.)
No. 2. Temporal Bone.-Petrous portion of the left side.-On this may
seen,
Internal auditory foramen,
Jugular fossa,
Carotid canal;
Fenestra ovalis.
No. 3. Temporal Bone.-Digastric fossa of the left side, with a portion of
the "additamentum" of the squamous suture.
No. 4, Sphenoidal Bone.-Base of the great wing on the right side.-
Foramen rotundum,
Foramen ovale,
Sphenoidal sinus,
Vidi4n canal,
Suture,
No. 5. Temporal Bone.- (?)
Mastoid process,
Mastoid cells.
No. 6. Parietal Bones.-(Several fragments.)
Two tables,
Vascular canals.--Impressions of "Glands of Pacchioni."
No. 7. Two fragments of the Occipital Bone.-
a. Occipital protuberance,
b. Left lo.teral portion, with canal for lateral sinus.
(These fragments are continuous portions.)
No. 7a. Fragments of cranium not determined.-Some of them indicate
fracture previous to burning
N. B.-A few of these were found during the Second Search of the ashes,
made at the Marshal's office.
(No. I of the Coroner's list.)
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