An epitome of juridical or forensic medicine ; for the use of medical men, coroners, and barristers / By George Edward Male.

  • Male, George Edward.
Date:
1816
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An epitome of juridical or forensic medicine ; for the use of medical men, coroners, and barristers / By George Edward Male. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    PREFACE. The object proposed by publishing these page^ is, to put into the hands of medical men a con- cise Essay on Poisons and their Remedies, with a collection of those tests which are most to be relied upon for ascertaining their presence: also to point out what is necessary to be attend- ed to in cases of sudden or violent death, that they may be prepared to state their evidence before a Coroner, or in a Court of Justice, in a manner reputable to themselves and satisfac-' tory to the public. I am not acquainted with any work in the English language which treats fully on this subject: to one written in Latin by Professor Plenk, of Vienna, I am indebted for many valuable remarks; but that is in the possession only of a few, and is not a work of hasty reference.