Excerpt from The Student's Guide to Medical Jurisprudence In all departments Of medicine a certain degree of scepticism about the statements of a patient's friends is wholesome. In medico-legal questions, such scepticism is more than ever needed. The medical man should listen to the information that the friends may have to impart, and receive it courteously; but if it does not tally with the results, of his own Observation, he must not place too much reliance upon it, remembering that he never can tell what motives are at work. The subjects which have to be considered under the head of Medical Jurisprudence are the questions relating to the dead body, such as the age, sex, date Of death, cause Of death; the various modes Of death from violence; injuries from whatever cause; life assurance; insanity; and the whole subject Of poisoning. Certain questions in regard to the pregnant state and the duration of pregnancy, impotence, sterility and rape will also have to be considered, as also the important subject of infanti cide or child-murder. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.