A text-book of medical jurisprudence and toxicology / by John Glaister.

  • Glaister, John, 1856-1932.
Date:
1910
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Credit: A text-book of medical jurisprudence and toxicology / by John Glaister. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In preparing a second edition of tliis book, the Author has been much encouraged by the appreciation which the first edition received from the medical press, and from students and practitioners in the professions of Medicine and Law. The combination of the subjects of Medical Jurisprudence, Toxi- cology, and Public Health which was introduced in the first edition, while it undoubtedly had some advantages, was at the same time not unattended by certain drawbacks. As the subjects tended to expand, it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain the combination in a single volume such as would result at once in a handy book for the student and a work of reference for the practitioner. These considerations, therefore, have induced the Author to issue the present edition in two separate volumes, of which the present volume deals with Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology, and the second volume, which is to follow soon, with the subject of Public Health. Perusal of this volume will reveal that an effort has been made— it is hoped with some measure of success—to bring the subjects of which it treats into line with present-day advancements. Some of the chapters have been largely re-written or re-modelled; many have received substantial additions; and all have been carefully re-edited. More detailed attention has been given, for example, to Lunacy Law and Procedure, and some enlarged consideration of the sub- ject of Ansesthetics and their administration has been thought necessary. In the section of Toxicology, the number of poisons considered has been added to. From his records of practical medico-legal work, the Author has, moreover, added several new cases for the purpose of more fully illustrat- ing and thereby verifying the text, in the hope that their narration will render the subjects which they illustrate more attractive to the student, and more useful to the members of the legal as well as the medical profession. The Author desires gratefully to acknowledge his thanks to those who have so willingly given him assistance in preparing this edition; in particular, to Alexander Duncan, Esq., B.A., LL.D., for his generous