A catechism of medical jurisprudence : being principally a compendium of the opinions of the best writers upon the subject, with a preliminary discourse upon the importance of the study of forensic medicine : designed for physicians, attornies, coroners, and jurymen / by Stephen W. Williams.

  • Williams, Stephen W. (Stephen West), 1790-1855.
Date:
1835
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Credit: A catechism of medical jurisprudence : being principally a compendium of the opinions of the best writers upon the subject, with a preliminary discourse upon the importance of the study of forensic medicine : designed for physicians, attornies, coroners, and jurymen / by Stephen W. Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tions contained in the work. This little trea- tise, it is hoped, will in some measure obviate the necessity of resorting to the above more vo- luminous works, which, on account of the ex- pense attending the purchase of them, the leis- ure, or inclination of the reader, will not be so generally perused as a smaller manual. I have endeavored to embody the principal facts in the science, which may be wanted in judiciary ex- aminations, and to give as correct answers to the questions proposed, as the present state of the science would allow. They are principally compendiums of the opinions, as the title-page implies, of some of the ablest writers upon the subject. The best treatises upon Medical Ju- risprudence can be but little more than conden- sations of the opinions of others. The science in this country, and in England, is comparative- ly new, and that individual, probably does not exist, who has personally witnessed all the facts and cases involved in the subject, and his opin- ions, if not substantiated by the observations of others who have been conversant with the differ-