The principles of forensic medicine : systematically arranged, and applied to British practice / By John Gordon Smith.

  • Smith, John Gordon, 1792-1833.
Date:
1824
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    be deemed invidious. The reader will moreover find particular allusions throughout the work. Among many separate publications, however, I feel called upon to point out the following, as too important to be omitted in the still short catalogue even of these productions, as far as the object professed is the aid of the medical tvitness. One of the most interesting allusions to the sub- ject, is given in the elegant work of Dr. Percival, entitled “ Medical Ethics,” though neither intended, nor calculated for practical reference: and the ar- ticle “ Medicina Forensis,” in Dr. Parr’s Medical Dictionary, is written with care. It is imperative also to mention the paper of Dr. W. Hunter “ On the uncertainty of the Signs of Murder in the case of Bastard Children”—Mahon’s “ Essay on the Signs of Murder in New-Born Children; translated from the French, by Mr. C. Johnson, of Lancaster enriched with judicious notes—and Dr. Hutchinson’s “ Dissertation on Infanticide.” Dr. John Johnstone, of Birmingham, and Dr. Haslam, have each con- tributed their thoughts upon Insanity, with strict reference to the juridical bearings of that important subject; and there are many other pamphlets, trea- tises, &c. not professedly belonging to this depart- ment, which those who are acquainted with the real extent of its relations will be at no loss to profit by. On Poisons, Suffocation, and many points in Patho- logical and Forensic Physiology, there are numerous well known and useful tracts. Last, but not least, I would mention Reports of Trials, and suggest that matters of consequence often appear in the recorded occurrences of the passing time, more especially as relating to the proceedings in the assize and other courts—so that the common newspapers of the coun-