A Manual of medical jurisprudence

Tremens.-Gangrene.—Death from Surgical Operations.—Anæsthetics. - Prim
and Secondary Causes of Death.-Unskilfulness in Operations.- Pyæmis
Medical Responsibility in Reference to Operations.-Actions for Malapraxis .

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER XXXI. .

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Cicatrization of Wounds.-Evidence from Cicatrices.-Changes in an Incised Wound.

- Is a Cicatrix Always a Consequence of a Wound ?- Are Cicatrices when Once

Formed Indelible ?-Characters of Cicatrices. Their Age or Date.-Cicatrices from

Bleeding.-Cupping, Setons, and Issues.-Cicatrices from Burns.-Cicatrices from

Disease Distinguished from those of Wounds

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CHAPTER XXXII.

Medical Evidence of Identity from Colored Cicatrices or Tattoo-marks.— Mode and

Date of Production.-Durability of these Marks.—Their Alleged Spontaneous Dis-

appearance. – Cases of Identity from Tattooing.- Simulated Marks.- Tattoo-

marks on the Dead.-Medical Responsibility

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CHAPTER XXXIII.

Wounds of the Head.-Concussion.—How Distinguished from Intoxication.-Effusion

of Blood as a Result of Violence, Disease, or Mental Excitement.-Wounds of the

Face.—Deformity as a Consequence of Wounds of the Face.-Injuries to the Spine

and Spinal Marrow.-Fractures of the Vertebræ

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CHAPTER XXXIV.

Wounds of the Chest.-Wounds and Ruptures of the Lungs and Heart.-Wounds of

Large Blood vessels.-Wounds and Ruptures of the Diaphragm.-Direction of

Wounds of the Chest.-Wounds of the Abdomen.- Death from Blows on the

Carity.—Ruptures of the Liver, Gall-bladder, Spleen, Kidneys, Intestines, Stomach,

and Urinary Bladder.-Wounds of the Genital Organs

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CHAPTER XXXV.

Fractures.- Produced by a Blow with a Weapon or by a Fall.—Brittleness of the

Bones.-Fractures Caused by Slight Muscular Exertion.-Fractures in the Living

and Dead Body.-Has a Bone Ever been Fractured ?--- Locomotion.—Dislocations

from Violence or Natural Causes.—Medical Opinions.-Actions for Malapraxis 352

CHAPTER XXXVI.

Gunshot-wounds.- In the Living and Dead Body.—Was the Piece Fired Near or From

Distance? – Accidental, Suicidal, or Homicidal Wounds. — Position of the

Wounded Person when Shot.-Wounds from Small-shot.— Wounds from Wadding

and Gunpowder .

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CHAPTER XXXVII.

Death from Burns and Scalds.-Symptoms.—Stupor.—Cause of Death.—Post-mortem

Appearances.—Burns on the ad Body:-Accident, Homicide, or Suicide.-

Wounds Caused by Fire.-Scalding.–Burns by Corrosive Liquids .

Cause of Death.-Secondary Causes.—Post-mortem Appearances.- Medical Pro

Death from Drowning.–Specific Gravity of the Body-Coincidental Cau

Death.–Marks of Violence.-Accidental Fractures.-Homicidal and Su

Drowning

HANGING.

CHAPTER XXXIX.

Cause of Death.-Death from the Secondary Effects.-Post-mortem Appearang

Mark of the Cord or Ligature.- Was Death Caused by Hanging ?-Hanging

Death.-Summary of Medical Evidence.—Marks of Violence on the Hang

Was the Hanging the Result of Accident, Suicide, or Homicide ?—The Positi

the Body

STRANGULATION.

CHAPTER XL.

Caase of Death.-Appearances Aster Death.-Was Death Caused by Strangula

or was the Constriction Applied to the Neck after Death ?-Marks of Violen

Accidental, Homicidal, and Suicidal Strangulation

SUFFOCATION.

CHAPTER XLI.

Suffocation from Mechanical Causes.-Cause of Death.-Appearances after Deat

Evidence of Death from Suffocation.--Accidental, Suicidal, and Homicidal 8

cation.--Smothering

CHAPTER XLII.

Gaseous Poisons.-Carbonic Acid.–Symptoms.- Appearances. - Analysis.-Ef

of Charcoal-vapor.-Carbonic Oxide.-Coal and Coke Vapor.-Sulphuric Aci

-Vapors of Lime, Cement, and Brick-kilus.-Confined Air.—Coal-gas.-W.

gas.-Carburetted Hydrogen.- Nitrous Oxide.-Sulphuretted Hydrogen. Ef

of Drains and Sewers .

Efects of Electricity.--Post-mortem Appearances.—Cold an Occasional Cause of

Death.-Symptoms.-Circumstances which Accelerate Death.-Post-mortem Ap-

pearances.—Effect of Heat.-Starvation a Rare Cause of Death.-Symptoms.-

Appearances After Death.-Legal Relations

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PREGNANCY.

CHAPTER XLIV.

signs of Pregnancy.-Suppression of the Menses.—Quickening.–Sounds of the Fætal

Heart.- Feigned Pregnancy.-Concealed Pregnancy.—Pregnancy in the Dead.-

Impregnatiou in a State of Unconsciousness.-Legal Relations

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DELIVERY

CHAPTER XLV.

Delivery in the Living.–Concealed Delivery.-Signs of Abortion in the Early Stages

of Pregnancy.-Signs of Recent and Remote Delivery.-Feigned Delivery.-De-

livery in a State of Unconsciousness.—Signs of Delivery in the Dead.—True and

False Corpora Lutea.-Characters of the Ovum or Embryo.—Moles.-Concealment

Abortion from Natural Causes.-Criminal Causes.-Mechanical Means.—Medicinal

Substances.- Signs of Abortion.— Specific Abortives.— Local Applications. —

Peigned Abortion.- Meaning of the Word “Noxious” as Applied to Drugs.-On

loducing Premature Labor.-Proof of Pregnancy not Necessary.—Abortion of

Monsters.-Moles and Hydatids

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INFANTICIDE.

CHAPTER XLVII.

Sature of the Crime.- Medical Evidence at Inquests.-Uterine Age or Maturity of the

Child.-Characters of the Child from the Sixth to the Ninth Month.—Signs of

Maturity.-- Rules for Inspecting the Body

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