This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Forensic Medicine
A dead body in casuality showed fine leathery froth coming out of the mouth and nostrils and it comes out profusely on pressing the chest wall, cause is: 
Select and explain. 
A. Drowning, B. Morphine poisoning, C. Strangulation, D. Dhatura poisoning
A: Drowning
Answer: A: Drowning 
Explanation: A i.e. Drowning Fine leathery copious & persistent (i.e. comes out on pressing the chest) froth coming out of mouth & nostril is classically seen in drowning.Q Froth is also seen in death due to poisoning eg. Barbiturate, Organophosphorus, Morphine (opioids) & Cocaine but it is neither so fine nor so copious & persistent.Q