Golden Rules of Medical Evidence

About this eBook

Author

Atkinson, Stanley B. (Stanley Bean), 1873-1910

Title

Golden rules of medical evidence

Original Publication

United Kingdom: John Wright & Co.,1900,pubdate 1910.

Credits

Bob Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

RA: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine

Subject

Medical jurisprudence

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69556

Release Date

December 16, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.GOLDEN RULES OF MEDICAL EVIDENCE.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.INDEX.
4. 4.Golden Rules of Medical Evidence. — Classes of Medical Evidence and Witnesses.
5. 5.I. PREPARING AND GIVING EVIDENCE. — A. BEFORE ENTERING COURT. — To Escape Attending as a Witness : — The Preparation of Evidence. — Medico-legal Examination of the Living, the Dying, and the Dead. — Medical Examination of the Living and of the Dying, for the Purpose of Evidence. — Examination of the Dead. — Drawing up a Medico-legal Report. — B. WHEN IN COURT , Before Being “Sworn.” — After Being “Sworn.” — Giving Medical Evidence. — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.II. RULES AS TO FEES. — 1. THE CORONER’S COURT. — 2. CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS. — 3. CIVIL ACTIONS.
7. 7.III. SOME LIMITATIONS TO MEDICO-LEGAL EVIDENCE. — 1. IMPOSED BY RULES OF EVIDENCE. — 2. IMPOSED BY INADEQUACY AND UNCERTAINTY OF KNOWLEDGE. — 3. CASES WHERE A POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION IS NECESSARY TO TEST.
8. 8.IV. VITAL ACTIVITIES WHICH MAY HAVE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDED SUDDEN DEATH,
9. 9.V. HEARSAY TESTIMONY: — MEDICO-LEGAL EXCEPTIONS TO THE GENERAL RULE WHICH FORBIDS THE RECEPTION IN COURTS OF SUCH TESTIMONY.
10. 10.VI. PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES; — WHICH MAY TERMINATE IN THE CORONER’S COURT, AND NEED MEDICAL EVIDENCE.
11. 11.VII. SOME STEPPING-STONES OF MEDICAL EVIDENCE. — Transcriber’s Notes

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