A Manual of medical jurisprudence and toxicologyW.B. Saunders, 1896 - 238 pages |
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... occur- ring under suspicious circumstances , it is undoubtedly his duty to notify the coroner , this law cannot be so inter- preted as to compel him to notify the coroner in cases of death from chronic disease , even though he may not ...
... occur- ring under suspicious circumstances , it is undoubtedly his duty to notify the coroner , this law cannot be so inter- preted as to compel him to notify the coroner in cases of death from chronic disease , even though he may not ...
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... occur within a few hours after death , the muscular fibres of the iris , sooner or later , like all muscular fibres , lose their power of con- tractility . Atropia , also , on account of its effect in dilating the pupil , may be used as ...
... occur within a few hours after death , the muscular fibres of the iris , sooner or later , like all muscular fibres , lose their power of con- tractility . Atropia , also , on account of its effect in dilating the pupil , may be used as ...
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... occurs a rise instead of a fall of temperature . The cause of this increase of temperature , amounting in certain instances to as much as 9 ° F. , is not yet understood . Rigor Mortis ( cadaveric rigidity ) , or the stiffening of the ...
... occurs a rise instead of a fall of temperature . The cause of this increase of temperature , amounting in certain instances to as much as 9 ° F. , is not yet understood . Rigor Mortis ( cadaveric rigidity ) , or the stiffening of the ...
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... occur . This statement is erroneous , inasmuch as rigor mortis is the sequence of death from any cause . But , in ... occurring at the moment of death , in the case of persons who have died from sudden or violent deaths , though ...
... occur . This statement is erroneous , inasmuch as rigor mortis is the sequence of death from any cause . But , in ... occurring at the moment of death , in the case of persons who have died from sudden or violent deaths , though ...
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... occurring in the lungs and other internal organs , cadaveric lividity is known as hypostatic congestion . Cadaveric lividity is sometimes mistaken for a bruise . The latter condition can , however , readily be distinguished from ...
... occurring in the lungs and other internal organs , cadaveric lividity is known as hypostatic congestion . Cadaveric lividity is sometimes mistaken for a bruise . The latter condition can , however , readily be distinguished from ...
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