An analysis of medical evidence: comprising directions for practitioners, in the view of becoming witnesses in Courts of Justice; and an appendix of professional testimony / By John Gordon Smith, M.D.

  • John Gordon Smith
Date:
1825
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Credit: An analysis of medical evidence: comprising directions for practitioners, in the view of becoming witnesses in Courts of Justice; and an appendix of professional testimony / By John Gordon Smith, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    medical profession, 102, 107, 173 London Medical Schools, remarks on the, 152, 161 Loquacity in physicians censured, 96 LuscomsBE, Mr., evidence of, in the case of Donnall, 228 Mackuin, Charles, case of, 293 Madhouses, vide Committee. Macenpi£, M. evidence of, in the case of Castaing, 575 Magistrates, British, eulogised, 28 Mahometan mode of swearing, 19 Maiming, evidence in’ a case of, 332 Matcoum, Sarah, case of, 296 Matz, Dr., his view of the laurel- water case, 182 Manner of giving evidence, 77 Manners, importance of, to the medical practitioner, 2 Marsuat.L, Mr. evidence of, in the case of Fenning, 208 Matrons, jury of, proceedings of a, 3561 Medical character, how commonly estimated, 1 Ethics, neglected, 5, 161 —— Liberality, 173 Men, complaints against ex- amined, 27 , exemptions of, from public burdens, inquired ito, 30, 168 ,less conversant with evi- dence than their fellow citizens, 8 , peculiarly exposed to become witnesses, 26 respected by the lawless, a 355 Schools, remarks on our 752, 16] —— Witnesses, helplessness of, 41 , liable to be misunder- stood, and unfairly appreciated, 40 58 Medicine, desirable that it were studied by men of liberal educa- tion in general, 172 , distinct from traffic, 172 , perplexing situation of, Medicine, Forensic, arrangement of, 48 , study of, recommended preparatory to giving evidence, 146 , influence of great names on, 177 ——., Public, importance of, 147 , vide Political Med. Memory, connexion. of with expe- rience, 116 , the, may lead to mistakes in evidence, 24 , treacherous in regard to ex- perience, 176 Mercury, poisoning by, important evidence on a trial for, 234 Miracles, Dr. Campbell on, quoted, 11S Mirth, unbecoming in a witness, 52 Mistakes in matters of opinion, sometimes morbid, 79 Mircuitt, Dr., evidence of, in a case of bastardy, 364 Monro, Dr. Alex., evidence of, in the affair of Kinloch, 337 Mortey, Dr., evidence of, in the case of Cowper, 281 Mouirueap and Craururp, deposi- tions of, in the affair of Stands- field, 287 Nattor, Dr., evidence of, in the case of Cowper, 275 Naren and Oettvie, affair of, 205 Names, mischievous influence of, on medicine, 126, 177 Nature,laws of, how established, 177%, Neate, Dr., evidence of, in the case of Donnall, 221 Necrotomy, importance of, 179 Negro children, evidence relating to, 362 Noakes, P., case of, 304 Norris, the maniac, evidence. con- cerning, 350 Notes, how to preserve the ori- ginal character of, with a view to evidence, 188 , utility of, 23 —_———, illustrated, 529 Oath, English, purport of the, 78 , form of administering an, re- marks on the, 19