Medical jurisprudence, forensic medicine and toxicology - vol 1 of 4

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Author

Becker, Tracy C. (Tracy Chatfield), 1855-1935

Title

Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic medicine and Toxicology. Vol. 1

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Produced by Giovanni Fini, Charlene Taylor, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

RA: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine

Subject

Toxicology

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eBook-No.

49027

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49027

Release Date

May 23, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
4. 4.MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. — OF THE RIGHT TO PRACTISE MEDICINE AND SURGERY. — Legal Definition and History of the Terms Physician and Surgeon.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. — ACQUIREMENT OF LEGAL RIGHT TO PRACTISE MEDICINE AND SURGERY. — Early Common-Law Rule Concerning Suits by Physicians. — IN NEW YORK AND ELSEWHERE PRACTITIONER WITHOUT LICENSE CANNOT SUE AND RECOVER FOR HIS FEES. — How may a Diploma or License be Proved in a Court of Law? — State and Local Boards of Health—Powers Governed by Special Statutes.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. — OF THE CONTRACTUAL RELATION BETWEEN PHYSICIAN AND PATIENT. — Employment and Rights in Regard To Compensation. — Elements of the Contract Between Physician and Patient.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — OF THE LEGAL RIGHT OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS TO RECOVER COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES. — Liability of Third Persons Calling a Physician—General Rule. — Measure of Recovery for Services Rendered.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. — OF THE PRIVILEGES AND DUTIES OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS WHEN SUMMONED AS EXPERT WITNESSES IN COURTS OF JUSTICE. [180] — EXPERTS, HOW SUMMONED INTO COURT.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — MALPRACTICE. — Civil Liability for Malpractice. — Measure of Damages.
11. 11.CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN PHYSICIAN AND PATIENT. — PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS. — COMMON LAW. — THE RULE IN THE UNITED STATES. — THE STATUTES. — Analysis of the Statutes. — JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION OF THE STATUTES. — Classes of Actions. — Waiver of the Privilege. — The Evidence Excluded. — THE PROVINCE OF THE COURT IN DEALING WITH THE PRIVILEGE. — THE EFFECT OF ENFORCING THE PRIVILEGE. — THE CHARACTER AND WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE TO SUSTAIN THE OBJECTION. — THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PHYSICIAN WITH REFERENCE TO THE PRIVILEGE. — THE RESULT OF THE LEGISLATION.
12. 12.SYNOPSIS OF THE EXISTING STATUTES — THE ACQUIREMENT OF THE RIGHT TO PRACTISE MEDICINE AND SURGERY IN THE UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, AND THE CANADIAN PROVINCES. — Alabama. — Arizona. — Arkansas. — California. — Colorado. — Connecticut. — Delaware. — District of Columbia. — Florida. — Georgia. — Idaho. — Illinois. — Indiana. — Iowa. — Kansas. — Kentucky. — Louisiana. — Maine. — Maryland. — Massachusetts. — Michigan. — Minnesota. — Mississippi. — Missouri. — Montana. — Nebraska. — Nevada. — New Jersey. — New Hampshire. — New Mexico. — New York. — North Carolina. — North Dakota. — Ohio. — Oklahoma. — Oregon. — Pennsylvania. — Rhode Island. — South Carolina. — South Dakota. — Tennessee. — Texas. — Utah. — Vermont. — Virginia. — Washington. — West Virginia. — Wisconsin. — Wyoming. — The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. — British Columbia. — Manitoba. — New Brunswick. — Newfoundland. — Northwest Territories. — Nova Scotia. — Ontario. — Quebec.
13. 13.LEGAL STATUS OF THE DEAD BODY. — APPENDIX. — Alabama. — Arizona. — Arkansas. — California. — Colorado. — Connecticut. — Delaware. — Florida. — Georgia. — Idaho. — Illinois. — Indiana. — Iowa. — Kansas. — Kentucky. — Louisiana. — Maine. — Maryland. — Massachusetts. — Michigan. — Minnesota. — Mississippi. — Missouri. — Montana. — Nebraska. — Nevada. — New Hampshire. — New Jersey. — New Mexico. — New York. — North Carolina. — North Dakota. — Ohio. — Oklahoma. — Oregon. — Pennsylvania. — Rhode Island. — South Carolina. — Tennessee. — Texas. — Vermont. — Virginia. — Washington. — West Virginia. — Wisconsin.
14. 14.POWERS AND DUTIES OF CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS. — I. The Coroner and his Court. — Coroner’s Duties both Judicial and Ministerial. — The Inquest must be Held upon View of the Body. — Post-Mortem Examination. — Massachusetts Statutory Provisions. — New York’s Statutory Provisions. — II. The Jury and Inquest. — Rights of Accused Party. — III. The Effect of the Evidence and Verdict. — When Evidence taken before Coroner of a Party Charged with Crime Admissible in Evidence upon His Trial Subsequently.
15. 15.AUTOPSIES. — SURROUNDING OBJECTS—POSITION OF THE BODY. — POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION. — ORDER OF AUTOPSY. — EXTERNAL EXAMINATION. — INTERNAL EXAMINATION. — The Head. — Thorax and Abdomen. — Thorax. — Abdomen. — The Spinal Cord. — LATE AUTOPSIES. — AUTOPSIES OF FRAGMENTS. — MEDICO-LEGAL REPORTS. [568]
16. 16.PERSONAL IDENTITY. — GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. — IDENTITY OF BURNT REMAINS. — IDENTIFICATION OF HUMAN BONES. — Are the Bones Old or Recent? — Identity in Case of Entire Skeleton or in Case of Isolated Bones. — Determination of Race. — Determination of Height or Stature. — Determination of Age. — Determination of Sex. — Accidental Signs and Evolution of the Teeth. — Congenital Peculiarities, Deformities, and Injuries. — Duration of Burial. — THE HAIR AND NAILS. — IDENTIFICATION OF MUTILATED REMAINS. — ENTIRE CADAVER DEAD BUT A SHORT TIME. — SURFACE SIGNS OF IDENTITY. — SIGNS FURNISHED BY MARKS, SCARS, STAINS, ETC., ON THE SKIN. — Tattooing. — Value of Professional Stigmata. — VALUE OF STAINS AND DIFFERENT IMPRINTS. — DEFORMITIES AND PATHOLOGICAL PECULIARITIES. — JUDICIAL ANTHROPOMETRY.
17. 17.MEDICO-LEGAL DETERMINATION OF THE TIME OF DEATH. — SIGNS OF DEATH. — POST-MORTEM CHANGES. — Cooling of the Body. — Flaccidity. — Rigor Mortis. — Cadaveric Ecchymosis—Cadaveric Lividity or Hypostasis. — Putrefaction. — Circumstances Favoring Putrefaction. — Circumstances Retarding Putrefaction. — Effects on Putrefaction of Submersion in Water. — Saponification. — DATA UPON WHICH OPINION AS TO TIME OF DEATH IS FORMED.
18. 18.WOUNDS. — GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WOUNDS. — EXAMINATION AND DESCRIPTION. — WAS THE INJURY INFLICTED BEFORE OR AFTER DEATH? — THE CAUSE OF DEATH FROM WOUNDS. — I. Was the Wound the Cause of Death Directly? — II. Was the Wound the Cause of Death Necessarily? — III. Was a Wound the Cause of Death Secondarily? — IV. Was the Wound made by the Instrument Described? — V. Was a Wound Self-Inflicted or was it Inflicted by Another? — Imputed or Self-Inflicted Wounds. — Was a Wound Accidental? — Of more than One Injury which was the First Inflicted? — INCISED AND PUNCTURED WOUNDS AND WOUNDS OF BLUNT INSTRUMENTS REGIONALLY CONSIDERED. — WOUNDS OF THE HEAD. — WOUNDS AND INJURIES OF THE SPINE AND SPINAL CORD. — WOUNDS OF THE THORAX AND THORACIC ORGANS. — WOUNDS AND CONTUSED INJURIES OF THE ABDOMINAL WALL AND VISCERA. — RUPTURE OR WOUNDS OF THE ABDOMINAL VISCERA. — Incised, Punctured, and Contused Wounds of the Genital Organs. — INCISED, PUNCTURED, AND CONTUSED WOUNDS OF THE EXTREMITIES.
19. 19.GUNSHOT WOUNDS. — GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. — EXAMINATION AND DESCRIPTION. — EVIDENCE FROM THE SITUATION OF THE WOUND. — EVIDENCE FROM THE WEAPON AND PROJECTILE. — EVIDENCE FROM EXAMINATION OF THE DEAD BODY. — IDENTITY FROM A FLASH OF GUNPOWDER. — GENERAL MEDICO-LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS. — OF THE VARIOUS CONDITIONS WHICH COMPLICATE GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND MAKE THEIR RESULTS UNCERTAIN,
20. 20.DEATH BY HEAT AND COLD. — TEMPERATURE OF THE BODY. — EFFECTS OF EXTREME COLD. — Symptoms. — Treatment. — Post-Mortem Appearances. — EFFECTS OF EXTREME HEAT. — SUNSTROKE. — Pathological Conditions. — Treatment. — Post-Mortem Appearances. — BURNS AND SCALDS. — Appearances as Indicating Origin. — THE CLASSIFICATION OF BURNS. — EFFECTS OF BURNS. — Causes of Death. — Treatment. — Post-Mortem Appearances. — Period of the Occurrence of Death. — WAS THE BURN ANTE MORTEM OR POST MORTEM? — MEANS OF DISTINGUISHING ANTE-MORTEM FROM POST-MORTEM BURNS. — WAS DEATH ACCIDENTAL, SUICIDAL, OR HOMICIDAL? — CASES.
21. 21.MEDICO-LEGAL RELATIONS OF ELECTRICITY. — RESULTS OF ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES FROM ELECTRICAL MACHINES AND CONDUCTORS. — Currents of High Tension—Strong Artificial Currents. — Indirect Accidents. — Direct Accidents. — SYMPTOMS. — Direct Symptoms. — Essential or Internal Symptoms. — FATAL CURRENT. — ELECTROCUTION. — MENTAL OR PSYCHICAL SYMPTOMS. — LIGHTNING. — Symptoms. — Pathology and Pathological Anatomy. — Autopsies.
22. 22.MECHANICAL SUFFOCATION. — STRANGULATION. — Symptoms and Treatment. — Post-Mortem Appearances. — The Proof of Death by Strangulation. — Strangulation: Accidental, Suicidal, Homicidal, Simulated. — ILLUSTRATIVE CASES. — Homicide. — Suicide. — Accident. — HANGING. — Symptoms in Hanging. — Treatment. — Post-Mortem Appearances. — Proof of Death by Hanging. — Hanging—Suicidal, Homicidal, or Accidental? — ILLUSTRATIVE CASES. — Suicide. — Homicide. — Judicial Hanging. — Accident. — SUFFOCATION. — Causes. — Treatment. — Post-Mortem Appearances. — Proof of Death by Suffocation. — Accidental, Homicidal, and Suicidal Suffocation. — ILLUSTRATIVE CASES. — Accidental. — Suicide. — Homicide.
23. 23.DEATH BY SUBMERSION OR DROWNING. — GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. — DEFINITION AND PHENOMENA OF DROWNING. — MODE OF DEATH IN DROWNING. — STAGES AND SYMPTOMS OF DEATH BY DROWNING. — TREATMENT OF THE APPARENTLY DROWNED. — CADAVERIC SIGNS IN CASES OF DROWNING. — External Signs. — Internal Lesions. — WAS THE DROWNING ACCIDENTAL, SUICIDAL, OR CRIMINAL? — CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAY AFFECT THE TIME OF SUBMERSION.
24. 24.STARVATION. — GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. — ACUTE STARVATION. — “CHRONIC STARVATION,” “CHRONIC INANITION.” — The Period at which Death Occurs. — WAS STARVATION ACCOMPANIED BY OTHER ILL TREATMENT? — POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION. — WAS DEATH CAUSED BY STARVATION OR DISEASE? — DISEASES PRODUCED BY STARVATION.
25. 25.INDEX.
26. 26.FOOTNOTES:

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