A Manual of Medical JurisprudenceLea Brothers & Company, 1897 - 832 pages |
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... facts as well as to opinions . Thus , in reference to a case on which a charge of murder or manslaughter may be ultimately founded , a medical man who is called in omits to observe many circumstances , because at the time they appear to ...
... facts as well as to opinions . Thus , in reference to a case on which a charge of murder or manslaughter may be ultimately founded , a medical man who is called in omits to observe many circumstances , because at the time they appear to ...
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... facts of the case . If he is unprovided with notes , and his memory is defective , then the case will turn in favor of the prisoner , who will be the person to benefit by the neglect of the witness . In adopting the plan here recom ...
... facts of the case . If he is unprovided with notes , and his memory is defective , then the case will turn in favor of the prisoner , who will be the person to benefit by the neglect of the witness . In adopting the plan here recom ...
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... facts stated must be facts of his own knowledge and not on information derived from others : Haven v . Wen- dell , 11 N. H. 112 ; Sherr v . Wiley , 18 Pick . 558 ; Smith v . Johns , 3 Gray ( Mass . ) , 517 ; Crittenden v . Rogers , 8 ...
... facts stated must be facts of his own knowledge and not on information derived from others : Haven v . Wen- dell , 11 N. H. 112 ; Sherr v . Wiley , 18 Pick . 558 ; Smith v . Johns , 3 Gray ( Mass . ) , 517 ; Crittenden v . Rogers , 8 ...
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... facts , -not upon moral circumstances , unless he is specially required to express his opinion with regard to them . Further , they must be founded only on what he has himself seen or observed . Any informa- tion derived from others ...
... facts , -not upon moral circumstances , unless he is specially required to express his opinion with regard to them . Further , they must be founded only on what he has himself seen or observed . Any informa- tion derived from others ...
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... facts insusceptible of explanation upon any theory of natural disease . Such descriptions obviously imply a ... fact . The last point which calls for comment in reference to medical reports , 30 MEDICO - LEGAL REPORTS . is the loose manner.
... facts insusceptible of explanation upon any theory of natural disease . Such descriptions obviously imply a ... fact . The last point which calls for comment in reference to medical reports , 30 MEDICO - LEGAL REPORTS . is the loose manner.
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Page 622 - And be it further enacted, that no will made by any person under the age of twenty-one years shall be valid. VIII. Provided also, and be it further enacted, that no will made by any married woman shall be valid, except such a will as might have been made by a married woman before the passing of this Act.
Page 551 - ... whosoever, with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman, whether she be or be not with child, shall unlawfully administer to her or cause to be taken by her any poison or other noxious thing, or shall unlawfully use any instrument or other means whatsoever with the like intent, shall be guilty of felony...
Page 40 - ... when the provisions of section eight hundred and thirty-four have been expressly waived on such trial or examination by the personal representatives of the deceased patient, or if the validity of the last will and testament of such deceased patient is in question, by the executor or executors named in said will, or the surviving husband, widow or any heir-at-law or any of the next of kin, of such deceased, or any other party in interest.
Page 40 - The last three sections apply to any examination of a person as a witness unless the provisions thereof are expressly waived upon the trial or examination by the person confessing, the patient, or the client.
Page 40 - But nothing herein contained shall be construed to disqualify an attorney in the probate of a will heretofore executed or offered for probate or hereafter to be executed or offered for probate from becoming a witness, as to its preparation and execution in case such attorney is one of the subscribing witnesses thereto.
Page 39 - No person authorized to practice physic or surgery shall be required or allowed to disclose any information which he may have acquired from any patient, while attending him in a professional character, and which information was necessary to enable him to prescribe for such patient as a physician, or do any act for him as a surgeon.
Page 39 - ... in the course of professional employment. 3. A clergyman or priest cannot, without the consent of the person making the confession, be examined as to any confession made to him in his professional character in the course of discipline enjoined by the church to which he belongs.
Page 75 - ... whosoever shall unlawfully apply or administer to, or cause to be taken by, or attempt to apply or administer to, or attempt to cause to be administered to or taken by any person, any chloroform, laudanum, or other stupefying or overpowering drug, matter, or thing, with intent...
Page 76 - whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously administer to or cause to be administered to or taken by any other person any poison or other destructive or noxious thing, so as thereby to endanger the life of such person, or so as thereby to inflict upon such person any grievous bodily harm, shall be guilty of felony...
Page 315 - ... with force and arms,' or of the occupation or place of residence of the accused, nor by the reason of the disqualification of any grand juror or grand jurors ; and in any indictment for murder or manslaughter it shall not be necessary to set forth the manner in which or the means by which the death of the deceased was caused...