GOLDEN RULES
OF
MEDICAL EVIDENCE.
BY
STANLEY B. ATKINSON,M.A., M.B., B.Sc.
of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law;
a Justice of the Peace for the County
of London; Hon. Sec. of the
Medico-Legal Society
(London).
“GOLDEN RULES” SERIES. No. XVI.
Bristol:
JOHN WRIGHT & CO.
London:
Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd.
PREFACE.
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The science, the art, and thecorrect estimation of the valueof Medical Evidence is the provinceof Forensic Medicine.
It is hoped that this little bookwill aid the General Practitionerwhen he is called upon to offermedical testimony, so that theancient inquest jury especially mayfully appreciate the bearing of thetechnical facts he narrates. Thosewho pose as “experts,” should ipsofacto be themselves authorities onthe matter and the manner of bearingtestimony.
Stanley B. Atkinson,
10, Adelphi Terrace, W.C.
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INDEX.
| PAGE | |
| Alleged drowning, uncertainty concerning, | 47 |
| — overlaying, uncertainty concerning, | 47 |
| — still-birth, uncertainty concerning, | 47 |
| Blood-circulation preceding sudden death, | 48 |
| Civil actions, the fees in, | 44 |
| Common witnesses of facts, | 8 |
| Coroner’s court, constitution of, | 8 |
| — — the fees in, | 39 |
| Criminal proceedings, the fees in, | 41 |
| Dead, the examination of, | 21 |
| Deglutition and peristalsis preceding sudden death, | 48 |
| Drawing up a medico-legal report, | 24 |
| Evidence, classes of, | 8 |
| — given before entering court, | 10 |