0416 Page – Leo Frank Georgia Supreme Court Appeals Records, 1913, 1914

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present when Dr. Harris made the post mortem examination of this
girl. Cabbage is digested better by some people than others.
It depends on the individual- very much. It is considered hard
to digest. It depends largely on mastication. You can chew up
so thoroughly that it would go down into the stomach
almost a liquid, but it would not be digested until the stomach
took up that chewed mass. It would take a much longer time to
digest and assimilate unmasticated cabbage than if it had been
thoroughly chewed. It takes about 3 1/2 hours to digest
cabbage properly masticated, and it would take longer if the cab-
bage had been taken into the stomach actually or practically
whole. Digestion continues partially in unconsciousness. It
is a guess to say whether the girl was conscious or not. I
would not undertake to give an opinion how long she remained
unconscious. I would not undertake to give an opinion and don't
know of any way of telling ten days after death how long a dis-
tended condition of the vagina existed before death.

RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION

I could not detect the hymen from manual and occular
examination. Ordinary normal menses would produce a dilation
of the blood vessels in the womb. The blood, flowing over the
hymen I think would produce a little inflammation at the hymen,
but if the hymen was broken down, I don't know that menstruation
would have any effect upon the hymen. If the menstruation was
about off, then I would say that undue excitement might
produce the flow again, or increase the flow that was already
there. The contents of this bottle didn't (Exhibit 40 - State),
stay in the stomach very long.

RE-CROSS EXAMINATION

I wouldn't undertake to say how long that cabbage (Ex-