An essay on the signs of murder in new born children / translated from the French, of Dr. P.A.O. Mahon, ... by Christopher Johnson, surgeon, Lancaster: ... with a preface and notes by the translator.

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1813
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    vay son ! my dear son ! shall I see thee no more ! this is the first, the only grief I pver felt on thy account I Dr. Mahon's works were not published in a collected form till after his decease, but they were left prepared for the press, and several chapters had made their appearance in the Encyclopedie Methodique, during the life of the author; and this essay was probably inserted in that work, un« der some of the following heads. Infanticide; Cordon onjbilical; Docimasie pulmonaire ; Ouver^ ture du foetus ; these being the titles of what I have numbered chapters I. II, III, and IV, Should any one inquire my reasons for selecting a part only of Dr. Mahon's volumes, and especi- ally this part, I reply that this essay is only pre- sented to the public on trial, and in hopes that some one better qualified for the undertaking, will oblige the medical profession by a complete translation of his works or an original treatise oq British medical jurisprudence; I have published one part only with less scruple, because Dr. Ma- hon used the same mode of publication, and was led to select the essay on childrmurder, by a va- riety of motives, principally by a sense of its necessity, ♦ Medecine legale et Police medicale de P. A. O* 3 tomes 879.