Flowers states that the body
remained extremely warm for a much longer period than usual.
Statistics.--From an examination of 28 cases of spontaneous
combustion, Jacobs makes the following summary:--
(1) It has always occurred in the human living body.
(2) The subjects were generally old persons.
(3) It was noticed more frequently in women than in men.
(4) All the persons were alone at the time of occurrence.
(5) They all led an idle life.
(6) They were all corpulent or intemperate.
(7) Most frequently at the time of occurrence there was a light
and some ignitible substance in the room.
(8) The combustion was rapid and was finished in from one to
seven hours.
(9) The room where the combustion took place was generally filled
with a thick vapor and the walls covered with a thick,
carbonaceous substance.
(10) The trunk was usually the part most frequently destroyed;
some part of the head and extremities remained.
(11) With but two exceptions, the combustion occurred in winter
and in the northern regions.
Magnetic, Phosphorescent, and Electric Anomalies.--There have
been certain persons who have appeared before the public under
such names as the "human magnet," the "electric lady," etc.
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