A Text-book of legal medicine and toxicology v. 1, 1903, Volume 1W.B. Saunders & Company, 1903 |
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... existence of such phenomena . Still another fallacy in our interpretation of phenomena is due to the vitiating influence of the emotions upon the judgment . A man's character has been said to be the sum of his ethical emotions , and his ...
... existence of such phenomena . Still another fallacy in our interpretation of phenomena is due to the vitiating influence of the emotions upon the judgment . A man's character has been said to be the sum of his ethical emotions , and his ...
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... existence of a fatal lesion , because all other possibly fatal lesions of the organs of a body must be shown , by actual examination , to be absent before any existing lesion can be concluded to be the sole cause of death . If various ...
... existence of a fatal lesion , because all other possibly fatal lesions of the organs of a body must be shown , by actual examination , to be absent before any existing lesion can be concluded to be the sole cause of death . If various ...
Page 65
... existence of a birthmark on the claimant corresponding to a birthmark on decedent's child , and recognition of such claimant as such child by the mother , will not of themselves prove identity , although they may become important facts ...
... existence of a birthmark on the claimant corresponding to a birthmark on decedent's child , and recognition of such claimant as such child by the mother , will not of themselves prove identity , although they may become important facts ...
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... existence is unsuspected . Before corporations had begun to institute careful examination of the color sense in their employees railroad accidents were occasionally attributed to this natural defect of vision in switchmen , engineers ...
... existence is unsuspected . Before corporations had begun to institute careful examination of the color sense in their employees railroad accidents were occasionally attributed to this natural defect of vision in switchmen , engineers ...
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... existence . Science recognizes the fetus as a living being , and finds it almost as violent a procedure to interrupt the current of maternal blood circulating about the fetus of three months as to cut off the supply of air from an adult ...
... existence . Science recognizes the fetus as a living being , and finds it almost as violent a procedure to interrupt the current of maternal blood circulating about the fetus of three months as to cut off the supply of air from an adult ...
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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.