In fact, if the injuries are numerous the loss of much less blood is enough to prove fatal, the element of shock here assisting that of hemorrhage.
But less is enough to prove fatal in many cases, as the rapidity of the loss of blood and the age, sex, and bodily condition of the wounded person affect the amount necessary.
The same expression has also been used for cases which did not prove fatal.
From a medico-legal point it is desirable to establish the fact of how large a surface must be injured to prove fatal.
This has occurred, so as to prove fatal at a considerable period after the operation, in consequence of the posterior tibia being cut close to its origin, and no clot having formed in it.
The escape of blood into the cellular tissue may even take place to such an extent as to prove fatal in a few hours.
While in this state, sudden exertions are apt to prove fatal.
Chomel believed that the disease might prove fatal in eighteen hours, while he regards its average duration as seven or eight days.
Spasm of the larynx and laryngismus stridulus may prove fatal in a single attack by suffocation, or general convulsion may set in during an attack of laryngismus or without it, in which the child may perish.
Two drachms is the smallest quantity which has destroyed life; but less than this would probably prove fatal, if it produced much corrosion about the wind-pipe.
Three grains is the smallest quantity that has been known to prove fatal; and from this to five grains may probably be stated as the average dose necessary to destroy life.
This is the smallest dose which has been known to prove fatal.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "prove fatal" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
