External means

Bodily injury, for personal accident policy purposes, must, inter alia, be caused by ‘external and visible’ means. This is to make it clear that the bodily injury must be due to some outside event clearly visible as distinct from internal physical defects – the words are used as the antithesis of ‘internal means. Exceptions to this strict meaning arise in connection with the inhalation of gas or the accidental taking of poison.

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