A Case of Death from Lightning
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spot, and the clectric fluid being discharged through his chest, whilst lying in this prostrate condition, produced such an amount of sudden compression against the unyielding surface of the ground that tliolung gave way." Dr. Roy forgets the fact that electricity travels with a velocity far greater than sound. The man, therefore, could not liavo heard the thunder before being struck by the electric fluid, and hence the rupture of the lung could not have been produced according to this hypothesis. I am, Sir, yours, &c., &c., II. A. C. Gray, m.b , Edin.
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