Medical Jurisprudence, Volume 2 (of 3)

Medical Jurisprudence, Volume 2 (of 3)

3. Of Homicide generally. 4. Of Real and Apparent Death. 5. Of the Physiological Causes, and Phenomena of Sudden Death. 6. Of Syncope. 7. Of Suffocation, by Drowning, Hanging, and other causes. 8. Death by exposure to ColdHeatLightningStarvation. 9. Application of the Physiological Facts established in the preceding chapters, to the general treatment of Asphyxia. 10. Of the Coroners Inquest. 11. Suicide. 12. Of Murder generallyby Wounding or Blowsby Poisoning. 13. Of Poisons, Chemically, Physiologically, and Pathologically considered. 14. Of Homicide, by Misadventure or Accident.15. A Synopsis of the Objects of Inquiry in Cases of sudden and mysterious Sickness and Death,Commentary thereon, including practical rules for Dissection.16. Abortion and Infanticidewith Physiological Illustrations.17. Of Criminal Responsibility, and Pleas in bar of Execution.18. Of Punishments.19. Postscript. To aid the administration of justice in cases of homicide is not only the most useful, but the most frequent, application of medical jurisprudence; this subject, as well for its complexity as for its importance, must be subdivided into many heads. It is first necessary that the medical practitioner should determine by examination, inspection, or dissection, whether the matter ought to be referred to the criminal tribunals, or whether the decease of the party is to be attributed to any of those natural causes, which are generally classed as Death by the Visitation of God. In some instances this examination will take place in aid of the coroners inquest, in others it will be preparatory to it; in both cases it is equally important that it should be minutely, faithfully, and ably conducted; for it is on the medical report that the first impressions will be founded, and the prejudices created by it in the public mind may not easily be effaced by any subsequent investigation. If, however, it be determined that the cause of death has been violent, it is then necessary to enquire to which of the classes of homicide the act is to be attributed. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 63830
Author: Fonblanque, J. S. M. (John Samuel Martin)
Release Date: Nov 21, 2020
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Contributor (Author): Paris, John Ayrton, 1785-1856