The principal symptoms were hemorrhage from the vagina and intense pain near the fractured rib, followed by emphysema.

The pitchfork-handle was withdrawn, and was afterward placed in the museum of the Society, the abrupt bloody stain, 22 inches from the rounded end, being plainly shown.

During twenty years the woman could never lie on her right side or on her back, and for half of this time she spent most of the night in the sitting position.

Her last illness attracted little attention because her life had been one of suffering.

After death it was found that the cavity in the left side of the chest was entirely filled with abdominal viscera.