A manual of medical jurisprudence and state medicine, compiled from the latest legal and medical works, of Beck, Paris, Christison, Fodere, Orfila, etc. ... Intended for the use of legislators, barristers, magistrates, coroners, private gentlemen, jurors, and medical practitioners. Containing part I. Medical ethics ... Part II. Laws relating to the medical profession ... Part III. Medical jurisprudence and state medicine ... Part IV. Laws relating to the preservation of public health / By Michael Ryan.
- Michael Ryan
- Date:
- 1836
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A manual of medical jurisprudence and state medicine, compiled from the latest legal and medical works, of Beck, Paris, Christison, Fodere, Orfila, etc. ... Intended for the use of legislators, barristers, magistrates, coroners, private gentlemen, jurors, and medical practitioners. Containing part I. Medical ethics ... Part II. Laws relating to the medical profession ... Part III. Medical jurisprudence and state medicine ... Part IV. Laws relating to the preservation of public health / By Michael Ryan. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Lunatics, asylums for, 452 commissions for visiting, 452 in Ireland, 453 Lungs, examination of the, in infant, 288 weight of, 288 Lytta, poisoning by, 433 M Madness (see Insanity), 446 Maggots, how generated in dead bodies, 504, 514 Magnesia, antidote for mineral acids, 338— 396 Mala praxis, punishment of, 174 death by, 323, 344 Males, diseases of, genital organs of, 216 JMania, (see Insanity), 450 hereditary, 201 Manufactories, effects of, on public health, 520 : Markets,when nuisances, 520 Marriage, who may contract, 201, 226 age for females, 201 for males, 201 early, prejudicial, 20] | parties to, must be habiles ad ma- trimonium, 201 must be habiles ad con- census 201 when to be interdicted, 201, 223, 225 disqualifying diseases for, 225 idiot cannot contract, 201 when lunatic may contract, 448 * nullity of, 203 of medical practitioners, 138 Masturbation, effects of, 148, 211, 313 a cause of sterility, 205 Materialism refuted, 14 Maternal imagination, effect of, 521 Maturity of foetus, 275 Medical practitioners, exemptions and liabi- lities of, 177-193 police, laws on, 475 ethics of Hippocrates, 9 of Middle ages, 26 of the present period, 44 of Gregory, 47 of the College of Physicians, 64 of Percival, 74 ~ of America, 105 practitioners, piety of, 11 cultivation of religion by, 12 opposed to materialism, 13 opposed to irreligion, 16 547 Medical practitioners, liberality of, 21 learning of the faculty, 21 philanthropy of, illustrated, 23 virtue of, 28 oaths of, 63 visits of, 30—38 rules for prescriptions, 32 conduct to sick, 37 ambiguity of prognosis,33—39 duty of, as to wills, 34 as to clergy, 34 as to deceiving the sick, 35 fees, remarks on, 40 exorbitance of, 41 not to be bargained, 42 small fees, advocates of, 42 recovery of, 178 of general practitioners, 42 punishment for malpractice, 43 secresy and honour of, 30 routine, 37 degrees, value of, 124 diploma, 124 | periodicals, value of, 123 appointments unfairly filled, 124 authors, their success, 132 critics, their duties, 133, 195 Medicine, origin of, 1 antiquity of, 4 ancient, 5 veneration for its cultivators, 1 confidence reposed in, 7 importance and dignity of, 6 in Turkey, 43 of the mind, 143 physical, 144 clinical, 147 State, 475 Medicines, patent, abuse of, 96, 445 confidence in, 96 dangerous sale of, 96 action of, 154 doses of, 156 gratuitous supply of, notillegal,174 adulterations of, 444 Menorrhagia, a cause of sterility, 215 Menses, suppression of, a sign of pregnancy, 248 | appearance of the discharge, 202 cessation of, a cause of sterility, 242 Mercury, and its compounds, poisoning by, 397 Midwife, laws relating to, 174 Mind, sound, legal definition of, 459 NN 2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33095097_0591.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
