A Text-book of legal medicine and toxicology v. 1, 1903, Volume 1W.B. Saunders & Company, 1903 |
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Page 66
... period of adult life . Special importance here attaches to the early onset of arteriosclerosis , which may attack young adults and has been observed to run a fatal course even in youth . Premature baldness may occur without constitu ...
... period of adult life . Special importance here attaches to the early onset of arteriosclerosis , which may attack young adults and has been observed to run a fatal course even in youth . Premature baldness may occur without constitu ...
Page 67
... period of senility . By the examination of the dead body it is often possible to deter- mine the age more exactly than with the living . This greater accuracy results principally from the information derived from the study of the bones ...
... period of senility . By the examination of the dead body it is often possible to deter- mine the age more exactly than with the living . This greater accuracy results principally from the information derived from the study of the bones ...
Page 86
... periods of its organization . A fresh scar is soft , tender , may often be broken down by firm pressure , and is reddish brown in color , due to the pressure of dilated capillaries . variable period , usually not before a month or six ...
... periods of its organization . A fresh scar is soft , tender , may often be broken down by firm pressure , and is reddish brown in color , due to the pressure of dilated capillaries . variable period , usually not before a month or six ...
Page 109
... period which will ordinarily suffice to render most persons unconscious . Death has repeatedly occurred after submersion in water for five minutes , although resuscitation has been successful after the body has lain in water one hour ...
... period which will ordinarily suffice to render most persons unconscious . Death has repeatedly occurred after submersion in water for five minutes , although resuscitation has been successful after the body has lain in water one hour ...
Page 110
... period of complete muscular relaxation . During this period the contractility of muscle is not lost for some time , and , as will be shown later , its persistence is no indication of life . If , how- ever , the muscles fail to respond ...
... period of complete muscular relaxation . During this period the contractility of muscle is not lost for some time , and , as will be shown later , its persistence is no indication of life . If , how- ever , the muscles fail to respond ...
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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.