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Actions	Heart, stab wound Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberGC.2277 TitleHeart, stab wound DescriptionHeart of a female showing a homicidal stab-wound on its anterior surface towards the base of the right ventricle. The wound was inflicted by a shoemaker's knife which passed through the 3rd left intercostal space close to the sternum. [Homicide by External Violence: Alexander Watson] Mrs Gow, whose husband was executed here in December 1831, was killed by having been stabbed with a knife in the chest. The knife penetrated the chest on the left side of the sternum, between the cartilages of the third and fourth ribs, and it divided completely across the internal mammary artery and vein of that side. The blood flowed from the wound very copiously at the moment of its infliction. She was taken to the Royal Infirmary, where she was under the care of Dr John Campbell. She seemed to do well for a few days ; but it was evident that there was some fluid in the left side of the chest, preventing free respiration, and also hindering the patient from being able to turn upon the right side. As there had been no great degree of inflammatory action (probably in consequence of the loss of blood she had sustained), the fluid that seemed to exist in the chest could not be inflammatory effusion ; it was therefore concluded that blood was accumulated there in considerable quantity. About the sixth or seventh day, the pleurisy increased, and the cough, which became more troublesome, caused a renewal of the haemorrhage, by which she died at last rather suddenly on the ninth day after the injury. On dissection, four pounds of blood were found in the left cavity of the chest, and the rest of it filled with air, the lung of that side being quite collapsed. Object nameHEART Object categoryAnatomical, specimen Dimensions container Height: 18.2 cm Diameter: 11 cm

Object numberGC.2277

TitleHeart, stab wound

DescriptionHeart of a female showing a homicidal stab-wound on its anterior surface towards the base of the right ventricle. The wound was inflicted by a shoemaker's knife which passed through the 3rd left intercostal space close to the sternum. [Homicide by External Violence: Alexander Watson] Mrs Gow, whose husband was executed here in December 1831, was killed by having been stabbed with a knife in the chest. The knife penetrated the chest on the left side of the sternum, between the cartilages of the third and fourth ribs, and it divided completely across the internal mammary artery and vein of that side. The blood flowed from the wound very copiously at the moment of its infliction. She was taken to the Royal Infirmary, where she was under the care of Dr John Campbell. She seemed to do well for a few days ; but it was evident that there was some fluid in the left side of the chest, preventing free respiration, and also hindering the patient from being able to turn upon the right side. As there had been no great degree of inflammatory action (probably in consequence of the loss of blood she had sustained), the fluid that seemed to exist in the chest could not be inflammatory effusion ; it was therefore concluded that blood was accumulated there in considerable quantity. About the sixth or seventh day, the pleurisy increased, and the cough, which became more troublesome, caused a renewal of the haemorrhage, by which she died at last rather suddenly on the ninth day after the injury. On dissection, four pounds of blood were found in the left cavity of the chest, and the rest of it filled with air, the lung of that side being quite collapsed.

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