Outlines of medical jurisprudence for India / by J.D.B. Gribble and Patrick Hehir.

  • Gribble, J. D. B. (James Dunning Baker), -1906
Date:
1898
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Credit: Outlines of medical jurisprudence for India / by J.D.B. Gribble and Patrick Hehir. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    XV1-XV1I1.] 1 LLUSfcRATIV iS CASES. was one for damages, but this ruling would probably apply to the treat- ment of a wound; and if death followed, eve, if the treatment could be shown to be aot as good as might have been obtained elsewhere, the person who caused the wound, and not the medical man, would be held responsible for the death.*—Norfolk Lent Assize*, 1846. * For other leading cases on this subject consult — Keg. v. Brixey, C C. C, June, 1815. Reg. u. Stowell, Mad. <Jaz., Vol. 47, p. 5G7. Reg. b. Greensmith, Mid- Circuit, July, 1837. Keg. v. Nicholas Steinberg. Keg. u. Brough Guildford, Sum. A., 1854. Keg. i' Laurence, Lews, Lent, 1844. Keg. v. McNaghten, January 7, 1843. The two last mentioned cases are important as affording a remarkable contrast to each other. For Mala praxis, consult— Williams, J. Winchester Spring Ass., 1847. Keg. B. Dickinson, Stafford Lent Ass., 1816. (iibs v Tunaley, Norfolk Lent Ass., 1845. Baker v. Lowe, Queen's Bench, February, 1845. Cases quoted by Casper, Eng. Ed.. 2nd Vol., p. 310.
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