A Case of Suicidal Hanging—Death after Nine Days

years, suffering from melancholia for the last one month, living with her father lately, for three days removed to the husband's place. On the morning of the 9th February 1903 she was found hanging from the branch of a tree near the house by the mother-in-law, whose screams drew the attention of a male member of the house, who came up quickly and cut the rope and brought down the body. From the statement made by the friends it could be ascertained that the feet were six inches above the ground, the body was hanging quietly, and there were two turns of rope round the neck. The breath, which was suspended, was started afresh, (after about ten minutes of total arrest, it is believed,) by the friends kneading her chest; but the consciousness was never restored. The Police then got hold of the case, and she was sent to the Rampore Boalia Hospital for examination and treatment.