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Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic medicine and Toxicology. Vol. 1 — R. A. Witthaus

Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic medicine and Toxicology. Vol. 1

R. A. Witthaus

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 861 pages

Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Vol. 1 is a collection of essays on legal medicine and forensic science. It discusses how medical evidence—autopsies, wounds, poisons—is used in courts and investigations. It offers historical insight into the development of the field.

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Contents

  1. MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE
  2. CONTENTS.
  3. INTRODUCTION.
  4. MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE.
  5. CHAPTER I.
  6. CHAPTER II.
  7. CHAPTER III.
  8. CHAPTER IV.
  9. CHAPTER V.
  10. CHAPTER VI.
  11. CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN PHYSICIAN AND PATIENT.
  12. SYNOPSIS OF THE EXISTING STATUTES
  13. LEGAL STATUS OF THE DEAD BODY.
  14. POWERS AND DUTIES OF CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
  15. AUTOPSIES.
  16. PERSONAL IDENTITY.
  17. MEDICO-LEGAL DETERMINATION OF THE TIME OF DEATH.
  18. WOUNDS.
  19. GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
  20. DEATH BY HEAT AND COLD.
  21. MEDICO-LEGAL RELATIONS OF ELECTRICITY.
  22. MECHANICAL SUFFOCATION.
  23. DEATH BY SUBMERSION OR DROWNING.
  24. STARVATION.
  25. INDEX.
  26. FOOTNOTES:
  27. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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