Volume 1

Taylor's principles and practice of medical jurisprudence / [Alfred Swaine Taylor].

  • Taylor, Alfred Swaine, 1806-1880.
Date:
1920
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Credit: Taylor's principles and practice of medical jurisprudence / [Alfred Swaine Taylor]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE SEVENTH EDITION The editor feels a little pardonable pride in the fact that the sale of Taylor has maintained very nearly the rate of the two previous editions under his management, thus proving that the changes made in the fifth edition meet with the continued approval of those for whom they were made. He has again to notify a good many changes in the present edition, of which the most important is that due to the unstinted assistance given him by Dr. Bulloch, who stands unrivalled in a knowledge of the litera¬ ture of what may be called the scientific aspects of medicine in its application to the solution of legal problems. To him are due the references which will be found at the end of nearly every section of the work, and to him are due many new pages on various poisons. Mr. Digby Cotes-Preedy has again been most helpful in obtaining recent legal decisions and cases, laying down principles of general application to medico-legal problems. Dr. Chas. Mercier has in rather an especial manner earned the thanks of the editor for pointing out to him in somewhat pungent and forcible language the need for revision in the section dealing with Lunacy ; under Dr. Mercier’s criticism the section has been entirely recast and an attempt made to bring it up to date. The war has brought a good deal of special legislation, but if; is yet far too early to see what the effect of this will be on medical jurispru¬ dence ; the Mental Deficiency Act has received some notice, as has also the resolutions of the Pharmaceutical Society on the Poison Schedule; otherwise legislation since the last edition has not entailed much revision of the work. An attempt has been made to render the Index more useful by classifying the cases under headings which indicate the connection in which the cases are quoted. F. J. S.