HANG′ING

In cases of suspended animation from hanging, the a istance must be prompt and energetic. The body on its discovery should be instantly relieved from the state of suspension and all pre ure about the throat. The remedial treatment chiefly consists, in the severer cases, in cupping the temples or opening the jugular vein, and so relieving the head of the blood which is accumulated in its superficial veins in consequence of strangulation. When the body is cold, friction, and the other means used for restoring the animal heat in drowned persons, should be resorted to. See Asphyxia and Drowning .