A Text-book of legal medicine and toxicology v. 1, 1903, Volume 1W.B. Saunders & Company, 1903 |
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... surface must be cleansed well . The skin in general may contain varying amounts of blood ; its tension and elasticity may be tested by raising it into folds ; diffuse eruptions , pigmentations , and edema are noted . The stature may be ...
... surface must be cleansed well . The skin in general may contain varying amounts of blood ; its tension and elasticity may be tested by raising it into folds ; diffuse eruptions , pigmentations , and edema are noted . The stature may be ...
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... surface after having opened the chest and abdomen is , under all circumstances , an uncleanly operation ; but in the hospital postmortem room the specially constructed tables in the main remove this objection to leaving the spinal cord ...
... surface after having opened the chest and abdomen is , under all circumstances , an uncleanly operation ; but in the hospital postmortem room the specially constructed tables in the main remove this objection to leaving the spinal cord ...
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... surface of the dura is then inspected . The degree of tension should be tested by pinching up a fold near the apex of the frontal lobes ; the longitudinal sinus is incised , and its contents exam- ined . The next step consists in ...
... surface of the dura is then inspected . The degree of tension should be tested by pinching up a fold near the apex of the frontal lobes ; the longitudinal sinus is incised , and its contents exam- ined . The next step consists in ...
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... surface of the cerebellum , and the whole mass is allowed to fall , or is raised , out of the cranial cavity , weighed , and placed with the convexity downward upon a suitable plate . The base of the skull is now examined , the dural ...
... surface of the cerebellum , and the whole mass is allowed to fall , or is raised , out of the cranial cavity , weighed , and placed with the convexity downward upon a suitable plate . The base of the skull is now examined , the dural ...
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... surface divided into a number - at least 25- 1 A brain kept but a few days in 5 or 10 per cent . solutions of formalin ( 40 per cent . solution of formaldehyd ) has acquired a most desirable consistence for handling . of parallel ...
... surface divided into a number - at least 25- 1 A brain kept but a few days in 5 or 10 per cent . solutions of formalin ( 40 per cent . solution of formaldehyd ) has acquired a most desirable consistence for handling . of parallel ...
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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.
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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.