Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Text-Book of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology
Medical jurisprudence, Legal or Forensic Medicine, may be defined to be the science which applies the knowledge of Medicine to the requirements Of Law. In the discovery of truth, the great purpose of Law, every department of human knowledge should be made to assist. Cases affect ing life, reputation, or property, and requiring for elucida tion and appeal to medicinal knowledge, are termed medico legal cases, and the science of the application Of medicine to them is named Medical Jurisprudence.
The students of Medicine and Law are equally interested in a knowledge of this science, and it should require no argument to show its importance to members Of these professions.
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