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GOLDEN RULES
MEDICAL EVIDENCE.
STANLEY B. ATKINSON, M.A., M.B., B.Sc.
Bristol: JOHN WRIGHT & CO. London: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO., LTD.
PREFACE.
The science, the art, and the correct estimation of the value of Medical Evidence is the province of Forensic Medicine.
STANLEY B. ATKINSON,
PAGE
Alleged drowning, uncertainty concerning, 47
-- overlaying, uncertainty concerning, 47
-- still-birth, uncertainty concerning, 47
Blood-circulation preceding sudden death, 48
Civil actions, the fees in, 44
Common witnesses of facts, 8
Coroner's court, constitution of, 8
-- -- the fees in, 39
Criminal proceedings, the fees in, 41
Dead, the examination of, 21
Deglutition and peristalsis preceding sudden death, 48
Drawing up a medico-legal report, 24
Evidence, classes of, 8
-- given before entering court, 10
-- in court after being sworn, 30
-- in court before being sworn, 28
Examination of the dead, 21
-- of the living and the dying, 18
-- of the living, dying, and dead, 17
Expert witnesses, 9
Fees, the rules as to, 39
Hearsay testimony, when receivable, 50
Limitations imposed by inadequacy of knowledge, 46
Limitations to medico-legal evidence, 45
Living and dying, the examination of, 18
Manner, the, of giving medical evidence, 30
Matter, the, to be given in medical evidence, 33
Medical certificates, when not to be given, 11
-- evidence, the manner of giving, 30
-- -- the matter to be given, 33
Medico-legal report, the manner of, 24
-- -- the matter of, 26
Neuromuscular action and sudden death, 49
Precautions under suspicious circumstances, 52
Preparation of evidence, 14
Preparing and giving evidence, 10
Respiration preceding sudden death, 48
Rules as to fees, 39
-- of evidence, limitations imposed by, 45
Slow poisoning, if suspected, how to act, 52
Stepping stones of medical evidence, 57
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