Outlines of medical jurisprudence for India / by J.D.B. Gribble and Patrick Hehir.

  • Gribble, J. D. B. (James Dunning Baker), -1906.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Outlines of medical jurisprudence for India / by J.D.B. Gribble and Patrick Hehir. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. SECTION I. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. PAGE. Preliminary remarks—Scope and object of this book—Necessity of some knowledge of medical jurisprudence—Necessity for careful observation—Marks found on dead bodies-Medical reports, what they should contain—Only facts should be recorded, with- out any expression of opinion on the facts—Caution to be exer- cised before expressing an opinion—Evidence in regard to scars—Examination of external wounds—Wounds caused before or after death—Post-mortem examination of decomposed body— Whether body warm or cold when found—Points to be noted when a body is found—The inquest—Police notes . . 1-14 CHAPTER II. ON EVIDENCE IN INDIA. False and concocted evidence-Instances of peculiarities of native evidence—Mahomedan law, in regard to evidence by proxy- False evidence in a true case—False evidence through fear- False evidence the result of ignorance—Remarks on the evidence of the uneducated class of Natives-False confessions are not uncommon—Zeal of police sometimes carried too far—Conclud- ing remarks. ... , r Q1 CHAPTER III. MODES Of DEATH. Syncope -Asphyxia-Coma-Tabular view of modes of death- Coma, death beginning at the head-Syncope, death beginning at the heart-Apncea (asphyxia), death beginning at the lungs -Causes of sudden death-Presumption of death-Presumption Of sumvorship-Dennite rules exist in some countries in regard