A Manual of medical jurisprudence and toxicologyW.B. Saunders, 1896 - 238 pages |
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... individuals having been aroused with great difficulty from a state of trance or catalepsy , prema- ture burial being thereby fortunately prevented . If the slightest doubt prevails as to whether a person is dead , a physician should ...
... individuals having been aroused with great difficulty from a state of trance or catalepsy , prema- ture burial being thereby fortunately prevented . If the slightest doubt prevails as to whether a person is dead , a physician should ...
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... individuals in the prime of life . A body that is exposed to the air will lose its heat more quickly than when it is inclosed , and a body unclothed will lose heat more quickly than if it were clothed . If the room in which a dead body ...
... individuals in the prime of life . A body that is exposed to the air will lose its heat more quickly than when it is inclosed , and a body unclothed will lose heat more quickly than if it were clothed . If the room in which a dead body ...
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... individual upon whom the post - mortem is to be made . The height of the deceased should then be 1 The medico - legal questions as to the importance of the corpus delicti of proving that a death took place are well considered in Wharton ...
... individual upon whom the post - mortem is to be made . The height of the deceased should then be 1 The medico - legal questions as to the importance of the corpus delicti of proving that a death took place are well considered in Wharton ...
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... individuals buried in leaden or in stone coffins have been found in a tolerable state of preservation even after a lapse of more than a thousand years . Medical Witnesses at the Inquest . - After the coroner has held his inquest , and ...
... individuals buried in leaden or in stone coffins have been found in a tolerable state of preservation even after a lapse of more than a thousand years . Medical Witnesses at the Inquest . - After the coroner has held his inquest , and ...
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... individual wound . It should be mentioned that a single shot might cause death , as in the case of the wounding of the aorta . Serious , if not fatal , wounds may be caused by wadding and gunpowder alone if the weapon be within three or ...
... individual wound . It should be mentioned that a single shot might cause death , as in the case of the wounding of the aorta . Serious , if not fatal , wounds may be caused by wadding and gunpowder alone if the weapon be within three or ...
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