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by one acquainted with anatomy. I inquired if there was any perforation
between the ribs, and
was told that there was none; but on turning the chest over I found
'between the sixth and
seventh ribs what appeared to me to be a clean cut, penetrating in a
posterior direction, and
apparently, made there by a very sharp knife; the wound was made in the
direction of the large
blond-vessels; the hair on the remains was mixed gray hair; the skin had
lost the appearance
of elasticity which characterizes that of the young subject, and had the
appearance of belonging
to. a body between 50 and EO years of age; there was a peculiarity in the
position of the should-
ers and the hips; the body had the appearrnce of being diaproportionably
long.
Cross-examined.-Have known Dr. P. many years; had done business with him;
have been in
his office often, and he in mine, and I flatter myself I was somewhat
acquainted with him; I do
not know that I ever saw any part of his naked body; have made anatomy my
study for years,
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