Medical Jurisprudence: Volume 3 (Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine) - Softcover

Paris, John Ayrton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108070132 ISBN 13: 9781108070133

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

The physician and author John Ayrton Paris (1785–1856), several of whose other medical and popular works have been reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection, and his co-author J. S. M. Fonblanque (1787–1865), barrister and administrator, published this three-volume work in 1823. It remained almost the only work on the topic of medical jurisprudence for many years. The authors define the term as 'a science by which medicine, and its collateral branches, are made subservient to the construction, elucidation, and administration of the laws; and to the preservation of public health'. Volume 3 continues the discussion of homicide, dealing with abortion and infanticide, rules for dissection, and issues of criminal responsibility, such as pleas of insanity. This is followed by a 'synopsis of the objects of inquiry in cases of sudden death', and an appendix presenting many illustrative historical cases. The book ends with a comprehensive index to all three volumes.

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Book Description

The physician John Ayrton Paris (1785–1856) and his co-author J. S. M. Fonblanque (1787–1865) published this three-volume work in 1823. Volume 3 continues the discussion of homicide, followed by a 'synopsis of the objects of inquiry in cases of sudden death', an appendix presenting many historical cases, and an index.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108070132
• ISBN 13: 9781108070133
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 542