Remarks on medical jurisprudence; intended for the general information of juries and young surgeons / [William Dease].
- William Dease
- Date:
- 1793
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Remarks on medical jurisprudence; intended for the general information of juries and young surgeons / [William Dease]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ 33 ] Haying anatomically infpeded the body, the young furgeon mould retire, and recon- fider the cafe before he makes his report: his chara&er is at ftake, as well as the ac- cufed perfon's life; both, by imprudence, may be irretrievably loft. In d elivering his opinion, or explaining the caufe of death, the furgeon's narrative fhould be fimple and candid ; let him ufe as few technical terms as poffible, both for the better information of the jury, and to avoid giving a lawyer an opportunity of embarraffing him. As, abftrafted from wounds, fra&ures, and other external injuries, the caufes of death are generally equivocal; wherever the furgeon cannot afcertain them beyond the poffibility of a doubt, he fhould decide in favour of the aecufed : better ninety and nine guilty fhould efcape punifhment than one innocent perfon luffer. The remaining points to be confidered are the manner of making reports, and the attendance on inquefls. No people fuffer more from malicious profecutions than thofe of the lower order in Ireland: every difpute is with them generally terminated fujlibus et gladiis ; and](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20443973_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
