Medical jurisprudence. Volume 2 / John Ayrton Paris, J.S.M. Fonblanque

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paris, John Ayrton, 1785-1856, author.

Fonblanque, J. S. M. (John Samuel Martin), 1787-1865, author.

Series:

Cambridge library collection. History of medicine

Cambridge library collection. History of medicine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical laws and legislation--Great Britain.

Medical laws and legislation.

Medical jurisprudence--Great Britain.

Medical jurisprudence.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014

Summary:

"The physician and author John Ayrton Paris (1785?1856), several of whose other medical and popular works have been reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection, and his co-author J.S.M. Fonblanque (1787?1865), barrister and administrator, published this three-volume work in 1823. It remained almost the only work on the topic of medical jurisprudence for many years. The authors define the term as 'a science by which medicine, and its collateral branches, are made subservient to the construction, elucidation, and administration of the laws; and to the preservation of public health'. Volume 2 continues the discussion of homicide in all its various aspects (including suspicious deaths which might in fact be accidental): suffocation, drowning, hanging, and battery. Proceedings at coroners' inquests are described, and there is a very extensive section on the various types of poison"-- Cambridge Core

Notes:

First published in 1823

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed September 21, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Paris, John Ayrton, 1785-1856 Medical jurisprudence

ISBN:

9781107256354

1107256356

OCLC:

1277067018

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