The wound was at once opened and blood found oozing from the distal extremities of the carotid artery and jugular vein, which were promptly clamped.

The common carotid artery was not sound, so that ligatures were applied to the internal and external carotids and to the internal jugular with a small branch entering into it.

The patient was in great collapse, but quickly rallied, only to suffer renewed hemorrhage from the internal carotid nine days later.

This was controlled by pressure with sponges, and a quart of hot water was injected into the rectum.

From this time on the patient made a slow recovery, a small sinus in the lower part of the neck disappearing on the removal of the catgut ligature.
Adams describes the case of a woman who attempted suicide with a common table-knife, severing the thyroid, cricoid, and first three rings of the trachea, and lacerating the sternohyoid and thyroid arteries; she finally recovered.
There is a curious case of suicide of a woman who, while under the effects of opium, forced the handle of a mirror into her mouth.