A Text-book of legal medicine and toxicology v. 1, 1903, Volume 1W.B. Saunders & Company, 1903 |
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... course of the examination , it should be verified carefully by the examiner when it is finished . The record should be made in the same order as the examination , and for this reason each step in the autopsy should be completed , if ...
... course of the examination , it should be verified carefully by the examiner when it is finished . The record should be made in the same order as the examination , and for this reason each step in the autopsy should be completed , if ...
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... course of the examination ; blood and inflammatory exudate dried on the fingers are unpleasant and dull the sensitiveness of the skin . The knives should be clean when the organs are incised . In the hospital postmortem room water may ...
... course of the examination ; blood and inflammatory exudate dried on the fingers are unpleasant and dull the sensitiveness of the skin . The knives should be clean when the organs are incised . In the hospital postmortem room water may ...
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... course of the autopsy the surface may become soiled , or the examination of such places may be neglected . All wounds must be accurately described and located with reference to fixed anatomic landmarks . The dimensions of wounds should ...
... course of the autopsy the surface may become soiled , or the examination of such places may be neglected . All wounds must be accurately described and located with reference to fixed anatomic landmarks . The dimensions of wounds should ...
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... course of the bullet , as well as to recover the bullet itself , if it be present in the body , because of its importance in the eyes of the law as the corpus delicti , as well as because of the relation of its size to the caliber of ...
... course of the bullet , as well as to recover the bullet itself , if it be present in the body , because of its importance in the eyes of the law as the corpus delicti , as well as because of the relation of its size to the caliber of ...
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... course of the incisions employed for the purpose of exposing or isolating any of these struct- ures are determined by the anatomic conditions ; in some cases the examiner may feel it necessary to conceal the cuts as much as possible ...
... course of the incisions employed for the purpose of exposing or isolating any of these struct- ures are determined by the anatomic conditions ; in some cases the examiner may feel it necessary to conceal the cuts as much as possible ...
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accident adipocere alcohol anesthesia answer aphasia appearance application asphyxia associated become blood body bone brain bullet burning cause cavity cerebral character chronic cicatrix color concussion condition contract Court degree delirium delusions dementia depression dipsomania disease disorders ecchymoses effects epilepsy especially evidence examination excitement existence fact fatal fluid form of insanity fracture frequently hand heart held hemorrhage hyperesthesia hysteria hysteric idiocy idiots important incision individual influence injury insured lesions less ligature lungs mania marked matter medicolegal melancholia membrane mental motor mucous membrane muscles muscular Mutual neck nervous system neurasthenia neuroses normal observed occur organs pain paralysis paretic patient person physical physician postmortem present probably produced putrefaction question regard respiratory result rigor mortis rupture scars sexual shock simulation skin skull slight spinal cord suicide surface symptoms syphilis temperature tion tissue trachea traumatic usually vertebræ vessels viscera warranty weapon wound
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Page 540 - But whenever the actual existence of any particular purpose, motive or intent is a necessary element to constitute a particular species or degree of crime, the jury may take into consideration the fact that the accused was intoxicated at the time, in determining the purpose, motive or intent with which he committed the act.
Page 440 - in all suits upon policies of insurance on life hereafter issued by any company doing business in this State, to a citizen of this State, it shall be no defense that the insured committed suicide, unless it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the court or jury trying the cause, that the insured contemplated suicide at the time he made his application for the policy, and any stipulation in the policy to the...
Page 7 - This work presents to the medical and legal professions a comprehensive survey of forensic medicine and toxicology in moderate compass. For convenience of reference the treatise has been divided into two sections, Part I and Part II, the latter being devoted to Toxicology and all other portions of Legal Medicine in which laboratory investigation is an essential feature. Under "Expert Evidence...
Page 445 - If the assured, being in the possession of his ordinary reasoning faculties, from anger, pride, jealousy or a desire to escape from the ills of life, intentionally takes his own life, the proviso attaches, and there can be no recovery. If the death is caused by the voluntary Opinion of the Court.