Scientific American Volume 77 Number 07 (August 1897) . DRILL ON THE TTNITED STATES ARMORED CRUISER BROOELTN-WITHOTrT ARMS. causes of sudden death. It is to be noted that miliary Ianeurisms of the vessels of the brain, although mostcommon in persons past middle life, occasionally occurin young people, even in children, and by burstingcause death from apoplexy. Chronic alcoholism, apotent factor among the causes of sudden death, isfrequently associated with rapidly terminating heartand brain disease. Asphyxia, a not unfrequent cause, may be due tooedema of the glottis, membranous deposit in the
Scientific American Volume 77 Number 07 (August 1897) . DRILL ON THE TTNITED STATES ARMORED CRUISER BROOELTN-WITHOTrT ARMS. causes of sudden death. It is to be noted that miliary Ianeurisms of the vessels of the brain, although mostcommon in persons past middle life, occasionally occurin young people, even in children, and by burstingcause death from apoplexy. Chronic alcoholism, apotent factor among the causes of sudden death, isfrequently associated with rapidly terminating heartand brain disease. Asphyxia, a not unfrequent cause, may be due tooedema of the glottis, membranous deposit in the tra-chea, pressure of a neoplasm on the trachea, spasm ofthe vocal cords, pulmonary embolism, air embolism,rupture of a vessel or of an aneurism into the air pas-sages, asthma, whooping cough, pneumo and haemothorax, pleuritic effusion, and epilepsy. The ruptureof a gastric or intestinal ulcer, of an aneurism, of avaricose vein, of the surroundings of ^n ectopic gesta-tion, the formation of a peri-uteriiie haematocele, mayseverally prove quickly fata
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