Brain contusion/sudden cardiopulmonary arrest syndrome in A Painful Case from James Joyce's Dubliners

摘要

Discussion of the pathophysiology of death of a character in A Painful Case from James Joyce's (1882 - 1941) Dubliners (1914) in no way detracts from or abrogates the enjoyment of the story. Nevertheless, readers may wish to read the story before continuing with this review.A Painful Case includes a (fictional) newspaper report headed DEATH OF A LADY AT SYDNEY PARADE - A PAINFUL CASE, which is about an inquest at the City of Dublin Hospital by the Deputy Coroner into the death of 43-year-old Mrs Emily Sinico on the previous evening. Witnesses testified that at 10 o'clock in the evening, as the slow train was pulling out of Sydney Parade Station, and before bystanders could stop her, Mrs Sinico attempted to cross the railway line, was struck by the buffer of the locomotive, and fell to the ground. Both a police sergeant and Constable 57E testified that Mrs Sinico was dead upon their arrival at the station.