Excerpt from Syllabus of Lectures on Medical Jurisprudence Others have asserted that medical men have no better means of forming an opinion at least in certain cases, than other persons. Dictum of Lord Denman in Reg. Vs. Oxford. Obvious fallacy of this Opinion. The competency of medical men is decided affirmatively if we admit that insanity is a disease of the body. Is it so? 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.

Excerpt from Lectures on Medical Jurisprudence While retaining the lectures on General Toxicology, the Editor has thought it better to omit Special Toxicology from the work, as this subject has been so often and so ably treated of in books devoted to that department of legal medicine. The Editor here desires to thank several kind friends for valuable assistance and suggestions in the preparation of this book for the press, especially Mr. George Cadenhead, procurator-fiscal of Aberdeen; Mr. J. M. Thomson, bar rister-at - law in Edinburgh; and Dr. John G. Hall of Aber deen; and also Mr. James Cadenhead of Aberdeen, who etched the illustrations for the work. 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.