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.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    CONTENTS. PAOB Preface ----___.v Postscript _______ xix Analysis -_-__. __1 Chap. I. Of Evide?ice - - - - - 7 Chap. II. Of the Ohliga tion incumbent on the Medi- cal Profession to give Evidence _ _ _ 26 Chap. III. Of the Perplexities of Medical Witnesses, when giving Evidence _ _ _ _ 38 Chap. IV. Of the Difference of Courts - - 48 Chap. V. Of Party Bias _ _ _ . 64 Chap. VI. Of the most advisable Manner of giving Evidence _----__ ^7 Chap. VII. The subject continued, more particu- larly with regard to the observance of Decorum 100 Chap. VIII. Of the respective claims of Experience and Authority, as grounds of Opinion in Mat- ters of Science - - - - - -114) Chap. IX. Of some particulars in the way of Pre- paration ___-_-_ 130 Chap. X. The subject of Preparation coyitinued, regarding the Study of FoREysic Medicine 146 Appendix, Part I. Consisting of additional Notes and Elucidations - - - - - 159 , Part II. Consisting of Medical Deposi- tions, Examinations, 8^c. - - - - 195 Index 377
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