An analysis of medical evidence: comprising directions for practitioners, in the view of becoming witnesses in Courts of Justice; and an appendix of professional testimony / By John Gordon Smith, M.D.

  • Smith, John Gordon, 1792-1833.
Date:
1825
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Credit: An analysis of medical evidence: comprising directions for practitioners, in the view of becoming witnesses in Courts of Justice; and an appendix of professional testimony / By John Gordon Smith, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    have not made errors of judgment unnecessarily glaring. ‘To such all men are liable, ‘and ‘one should consider well, ere he ventures to animad- vert on those of his brethren. — But, as errors in ~ judgment are totally. distinct, in their essential character, from deliberate neglect and wilful ignorance, (however inevitable as their conse- quences,) I have not felt it incumbent upon me to treat these with the same consideration. If in this respect I may give particular offence, I shall not hesitate to make such atonement as may be due, in whatever quarter a sufficient plea for the same shall be advanced. The work is composed. of two distinct parts: that which is more‘strictly original, and that which may, at first sight, appear to be little else than long and multifarious extracts, from sources of easy access. I might, perhaps, justly point to this portion of the volume as being the most important ; while, in all probability, not a few may look upon it as the most interesting. _ I have to trouble the reader - with a few prefatory remarks, with respect to both. First, then, — in the text, or Analysis, strictly speaking, as well as in the Notes connected with it, forming the prior part ot the Appendix, — my object has been to excite the Profession to think for themselves. I have attempted little more than a sketch; and it will be a fortunate circumstance if the result should prove that little or nothing more was wanted. It may. not ‘be