Note 151 — PHARMACOLOGIA. ON THE OPERATIONS OF MEDICINAL BODIES, AND ON THE CLASSIFICATIONS FOUNDED ON THEM.

Upon the very same principle, a person may die from suffocation, in consequence of an injury in the brain; the respiratory muscles being unable to sustain the function of breathing, for want of a due supply of nervous influence. This happens in cases of Apoplexy, and in poisoning by Narcotics.

Those who wish for farther information upon this subject may consult the chapter on “The Physiological Causes and Phœnomena of Sudden Death,” in my work on “Medical Jurisprudence,” Vol. 2. p. 16.