Elements of medical jurisprudence, or, A succinct and compendious description of such tokens in the human body as are requisite to determine the judgment of a coroner, and of courts of law, in cases of divorce, rape, murder, &c. : To which are added, directions for preserving the public health.

  • Farr, Samuel, 1741-1795.
Date:
1788
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Credit: Elements of medical jurisprudence, or, A succinct and compendious description of such tokens in the human body as are requisite to determine the judgment of a coroner, and of courts of law, in cases of divorce, rape, murder, &c. : To which are added, directions for preserving the public health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of urine, difficult/refpiration, irregu¬ lar appetite, a fondnefs or averfion to particular kinds of food, head-ach, vertigo, pain of the teeth, yellow fpots in the face, the belly growing flat, a defcent of the oriflce of the womb, enlargement of the veins, fwelling of the legs and feet, and pains in the loins, &c. The falfe figns of pregnancy have arifen from fome fuperftitious notions which are now exploded, and there¬ fore we fliall omit to mention them in this place. It appears, however, that no accu¬ rate judgment cap be formed, but from the certain figns ; and a know¬ ledge of thefe can only be acquired by a minute examination and immediate infpedtion of the parts. This, upon account of decency, is generally com¬ mitted to midwives, ignorant perfons, who have no knowledge of the ani¬ mal ceconomy, and may eafily be de¬ ll 4 ceived. Falfe figns. How to form a judgment,.