A System of Legal Medicine, Volume 1E. B. Treat, 1894 |
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... died of drowning , and that its absence was inconsistent with death so caused . The case was prosecuted and defended with great energy and vigor , and resulted in Cowper's acquittal . Baron Hatsell , who presided at the trial , made ...
... died of drowning , and that its absence was inconsistent with death so caused . The case was prosecuted and defended with great energy and vigor , and resulted in Cowper's acquittal . Baron Hatsell , who presided at the trial , made ...
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... died of natural causes , and had been buried in this spot by the parents to escape the ex- pense of an ordinary sepulture . As age advances , structural changes occur in the cartilages of the larynx and ribs , so that they become ...
... died of natural causes , and had been buried in this spot by the parents to escape the ex- pense of an ordinary sepulture . As age advances , structural changes occur in the cartilages of the larynx and ribs , so that they become ...
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... died of natural causes . In this case there can be no doubt that animation was so far suspended and the end of life so near , that had it not been for the chance placing of the child in a warm room instead of the morgue , which then was ...
... died of natural causes . In this case there can be no doubt that animation was so far suspended and the end of life so near , that had it not been for the chance placing of the child in a warm room instead of the morgue , which then was ...
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... died of chronic dis- eases , and where the death has been slow , cool with great rapidity , not more than four or five hours being required to reduce the temperature to that of a body which had died under other circumstances , and which ...
... died of chronic dis- eases , and where the death has been slow , cool with great rapidity , not more than four or five hours being required to reduce the temperature to that of a body which had died under other circumstances , and which ...
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... died . Experiments show that it disappeared from the muscles in cases of peritonitis in three hours ; in phthisis , schirrus , and cancer , in three to six hours ; in death from mortal lesions of the heart or profuse hemorrhage , in ...
... died . Experiments show that it disappeared from the muscles in cases of peritonitis in three hours ; in phthisis , schirrus , and cancer , in three to six hours ; in death from mortal lesions of the heart or profuse hemorrhage , in ...
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Page 635 - A person duly authorized to practice physic or surgery, or a professional or registered nurse, shall not be allowed to disclose any information which he acquired in attending a patient in a professional capacity, and which was necessary to enable him to act in that capacity...
Page 512 - It is clear that a creditor has an insurable interest in the life of his debtor...
Page 604 - Published under the direction of the general council of medical education and registration of the United Kingdom, pursuant to the medical act (1858).
Page 577 - ... a question of fact to be decided by the verdict of a jury. If this is true in regard to ordinary claims under policies, it is obvious that the difficulty would be greatly enhanced in cases like the present, where it would be sufficient, in order to take a case out of the operation of the proviso, to prove that self-destruction was the result of insanity. It would not be hazardous to affirm that, in all cases where such an issue was to be determined by a jury between an insurance company and the...
Page 73 - The knee joint, formed between the articular surfaces of the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia, is largely a hinge joint.
Page 511 - It may be stated generally, however, to be such an interest, arising from the relations of the party obtaining the insurance, either as creditor of or surety for the assured, or from the ties of blood or marriage to him, as will justify a reasonable expectation of advantage or benefit from the continuance of his life.
Page 17 - Medicine, as it is variously termed, is that science which applies the principles and practice of the different branches of medicine to the elucidation of doubtful questions in courts of justice.
Page 501 - At the end of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth century...
Page 581 - Suicide involves the deliberate termination of one's existence, while in the possession and enjoyment of his mental faculties. Self-slaughter by an insane man or a lunatic is not an act of suicide within the meaning of the law.
Page 241 - How is it possible under such circumstances for any tribunal sitting judicially to say which of these two individuals died first? We may guess, or imagine, or fancy ; but the law of England requires evidence, and we are of opinion that there is no evidence upon which we can give a judicial opinion that either survived the other.