Medical Jurisprudence as it Relates to Insanity, According to the Law of England

Medical Jurisprudence as it Relates to Insanity, According to the Law of England

The consideration, that in our own language, no work existed on the subject of Medical Jurisprudence, as it relates solely to Insanity, urged me to the present performance. Previously to this undertaking manifold impediments were foreseen, and these difficulties have augmented in every page of its progress:the apprehensions from this arduous attempt, have, however, been mitigated by the consoling reflection, that in a novel enterprize criticism would be tempered with candour. [ii] The following sheets are addressed to the readers of different pursuits, law and medicine:from the latter, I have heretofore experienced much indulgence and encouragement, when the result of my professional labours has been submitted to their judgment:[i:A]to the former I am little known: and here feel it necessary, by a distinct avowal, to assert that I have in no manner presumed to encroach on their province. Although the title may seem to imply an incorporation of the two sciences, yet it is not to be considered as the combination of definite proportions of legal and medical knowledge. It has been modestly conceived that the general phenomena of disordered intellect, and the criteria of insanity, would not be unacceptable to the [iii]advocate; who might thereby become enabled to adapt the facts in nature to the scale of justice. Furnished with such information, he will be instructed to institute appropriate enquiries for the discovery of truth, and to ascertain what is the duty of the medical evidence to supply:so that he may not be pressed beyond his resources, nor the depths of his intelligence be left unsounded. On the practitioner of my own profession I have ventured to impress the importance and moral obligation of his evidence before the tribunal of justice, and to enforce, that the value of medical opinion becomes enhanced by perspicuity of conveyance, and derives authority from the exposure of its foundations. It has likewise been my object, to direct his attention to those leading points which usually constitute the subjects of his deposition, or are presented for his solution during the course of legal examination. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 56656
Author: Haslam, John
Release Date: Feb 27, 2018
Format: eBook
Language: English