A Text-book of legal medicine and toxicology v. 1, 1903, Volume 1W.B. Saunders & Company, 1903 |
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... regard to the things yet to be discovered in this great unseen and unknown universe about us , the same process of sifting the good from the bad evidence goes ever on in the selfsame way . Quacks and empirics are with us still , making ...
... regard to the things yet to be discovered in this great unseen and unknown universe about us , the same process of sifting the good from the bad evidence goes ever on in the selfsame way . Quacks and empirics are with us still , making ...
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... regard to what has occurred . A certain degree of color- blindness , astigmatism , deafness , or other imperfection - often unknown and frequently only temporary - makes some people at times the victims of their unreliable senses and ...
... regard to what has occurred . A certain degree of color- blindness , astigmatism , deafness , or other imperfection - often unknown and frequently only temporary - makes some people at times the victims of their unreliable senses and ...
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... regard to his attainments as a pathologist . An evil of this kind has perhaps no remedy save in the elevation of the ideals and standards of the whole body of medical practitioners . Its correc- tion can be made by physicians alone or ...
... regard to his attainments as a pathologist . An evil of this kind has perhaps no remedy save in the elevation of the ideals and standards of the whole body of medical practitioners . Its correc- tion can be made by physicians alone or ...
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should contain , in clear and concise terms , the conclusions as regards the cause and manner of death , formed by the ... regards morbid changes or wounds . In the case of unknown bodies the inspection aims to furnish such positive data ...
should contain , in clear and concise terms , the conclusions as regards the cause and manner of death , formed by the ... regards morbid changes or wounds . In the case of unknown bodies the inspection aims to furnish such positive data ...
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... regards infiltration with fluid or clotted blood . None of the usual and early postmortem discolorations is ... regards wounds and scars ; the eyelids , eyeballs , and pupils ; the state of the nose , mouth , and ears as regards foreign ...
... regards infiltration with fluid or clotted blood . None of the usual and early postmortem discolorations is ... regards wounds and scars ; the eyelids , eyeballs , and pupils ; the state of the nose , mouth , and ears as regards foreign ...
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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.