INDEX.

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Abdomen, contusions of, [580]

post-mortem examination of, [370]

wounds of, [580]

Abdominal viscera, rupture of, [582]

wounds of, [582]

Abscess of brain, [563]

Actions to recover for services (see [Privileged Communications]), [26]

amount of recovery in, [45]

elements to be proved in, [47]

evidence in, [22-48]

Actions for malpractice, [73-87]

Adipocere, [451]

Age, determination of, [399]

Alcoholism, [564]

Anthropometry, [432]

Apnœa, [709], [796]

Arteries, wounds of, [578]

Asphyxia, [708]

by submersion, [796], [797]

external appearances due to, [715]

internal appearances due to, [718]

[Autopsies], [301], [349]

in cases of poisoning, [356], [371]

late, [378]

of fragments, [380]

order of, [356]

Bills for services, effect of, [43]

Bladder, rupture of, [585]

wounds of, [585]

Blank charges, wounds by, [617]

Blood, coagulation of, [488], [701]

condition of, after burns, [653]

extravasation of, in brain, [565]

on weapons, [535]

stains, [350]

Body (see [Dead Body]), examination of, [537]

temperature of, [629]

Bones, identification of, [390]

old or recent? 391

Books, medical, when and where used in court, [64]

of original entry, when admissible as evidence, [48]

of physician, see [Privileged Communications]

Brain, abscess of, [563]

concussion of, [561]

congestion of, in drowning, [796]

extravasation of blood in, [565]

post-mortem examination of, [362]

wounds of, [569]

Bullets, [595]

loss of weight of, [601]

track of, [595]

Burking, [775]

Burns, [360], [639]

by acids, [641]

burning oil, [640]

corrosives, [641]

electrical currents, [664], [676]

flame, [640]

fused metals, [640]

lightning, [694]

petroleum, [641]

cases of, [657]

causes of death by, [645]

classification of, [642]

constitutional effects of, [644]

local effects of, [643]

period of death from, [649]

post-mortem appearances of, [647]

whether ante- or post-mortem, [649]

Cadaveric changes (see [Post-mortem]), [441]

Cadaveric saponification, [451]

Cases of burns, [657]

of hanging, [760]

of strangulation, [726]

of suffocation, [787]

Catalepsy, [822]

Cause of death, see [Coroners]

from burns, [645]

severe mechanical injury, [499]

submersion, [797]

wounds, [496], [497]

Cause of Death,

hemorrhage as, [497]

latent disease as, [503]

shock as, [499]

was it natural? [503]

wounds as secondary, [509]

Clothing, examination of, [352], [537]

Cold, effects of extreme, [630]

Combustion, spontaneous, [647]

Communications, privileged (see [Privileged Communications]), [33]

Compensation, see [Physician and Patient]; [Expert Witness]; [Coroners]; [Medical Examiners]

Concussion, [472]

of brain, [561]

spinal cord, [573]

Congenital peculiarities, identity from, [403]

Constitutionality of statutes regulating practice of medicine and surgery, [7-11]

Contracts between physician and patient (see [Physician and Patient]), [25]

Contre-coup, [559], [611]

Contusions, [358], [467], [470], [523]

by lightning, [695]

of abdomen, [580]

of head, [558]

of neck, [570]

[Coroner] (see [Post-mortem Examinations]), [331]

is virtute electionis in America, [332]

duties of, are both judicial and ministerial, [332]

judicial authority of, relates to inquiries into cases of death, [332]

jurisdiction of, [332]

kinds of, at common law, [331]

presumption that he has acted in good faith, [332]

protected under same principles which protect judicial officers, [333]

Effect of evidence and verdict, [343]

at common law was equivalent to indictment by grand jury, [343]

not so now, yet inquisition has same power until grand jury passes upon the case, [343]

Evidence before, when admissible upon a subsequent trial, [344]

Inquest, all evidence must be presented to jury, [342]

coroner cannot hold a second inquest while the first is undischarged, [334]

coroner has power to hold, [332], [334]

is a judicial investigation, [333]

must be held in view of the body, [335]

separate inquests must be held over each of several bodies, [333]

Jury and inquest, coroner may compel attendance of witnesses, [341]

Jury and inquest, jurors must be from jurisdiction wherein coroner is empowered to act, [341]

jurors must be sworn by coroner, [341]

jurors must investigate and determine the facts, [341]

jurors must view the body, [341]

jurors not challengeable, [341]

witnesses must be sworn by the coroner, [342]

Massachusetts, see Medical Examiners

office abolished by statute in, [338]

statutory provisions in, [338]

who may hold an inquest, [338]

New York, coroner may issue warrant of arrest of person charged with the death, [341]

must, after examination of charges, hold defendant to answer or discharge him, [341]

must proceed to examine charges against accused upon his arrest, [341]

inquisition and testimony must be filed, [340]

jurors must inspect the body and hear the testimony, [340]

jury must render verdict and certify it by an inquisition, [340]

six or more jurors must be sworn, [340]

statutory provisions, [339]

testimony must be reduced to writing, [340]

when inquest may be held, [339]

Powers of,

cannot delegate authority or appoint deputy, [333]

contract will bind county for payment of reasonable compensation, [336]

may employ professional skill to aid him, [335]

may have body disinterred, [335]

may issue process of apprehension, [343]

Return of inquisition, [342]

inquisition should be signed by the coroner and jury, [343]

should certify that witnesses before the coroner were sworn, [343]

verdict of the jury is final, [342]

Rights of accused party before, [342]

has not the right to be represented by counsel or to cross-examine witnesses, [342]

is not permitted to produce witnesses to show himself innocent, [342]

privilege of prisoner upon arrest, [344]

testimony may be taken by the coroner in his absence, [342]

under New York criminal code defendant is entitled to a hearing before a magistrate, [344]

Craniometry, [394]

Cremation, [389]

Custom of physicians to serve each other gratuitously, [52]

[Dead Body],

autopsies, [301], [349]

changes in, [441]

chemical examination of, [303]

cooling of, [441]

coroners’ duties concerning (see Legal Status of, Appendix), [301]

crimes against (see Legal Status of, Appendix), [299]

disposal of, [298]

dissection, when permitted (see Legal Status of, Appendix), [302]

district attorney’s powers concerning, [303]

duty of burial, [298]

examination of gunshot wounds, [610]

exhumation of, [300]

external examination of, [358]

flaccidity of, [442]

internal examination of, [360]

legal status of, [297]

Appendix, giving statutes concerning, [304]

physical examination of (see [Autopsies]), [302]

post-mortem examination of (see [Autopsies]; [Post-mortem Examiners]), [303]

putrefaction of, [445]

right of burial or removal, [301]

saponification of, [451]

seizure for debt forbidden, [299]

statutes regulating interment or exhumation, etc., generally, [304]

Alabama, [309]

Arizona, [309]

Arkansas, [309]

California, [310]

Colorado, [311]

Connecticut, [311]

Delaware, [312]

Florida, [312]

Georgia, [312]

Idaho, [313]

Illinois, [313]

Indiana, [313]

Iowa, [314]

Kansas, [314]

Kentucky, [314]

Louisiana, [315]

Maine, [315]

Maryland, [315]

Massachusetts, [316]

Michigan, [316]

Minnesota, [317]

Mississippi, [317]

Missouri, [318]

Montana, [318]

Nebraska, [318]

Nevada, [319]

New Hampshire, [319]

New Jersey, [320]

New Mexico, [320]

New York, [320]

North Carolina, [321]

North Dakota, [321]

Ohio, [322]

Oklahoma, [322]

Oregon, [323]

Pennsylvania, [323]

Rhode Island, [324]

South Carolina, [324]

Tennessee, [324]

Texas, [325]

Vermont, [325]

Virginia, [325]

Washington, [326]

West Virginia, [326]

Wisconsin, [326]

temperature of, [441], [453]

Death, apparent, [439]

from anæsthetics, [516]

burns, causes of, [645]

period of, [649]

whether accidental, suicidal, or homicidal? [657]

cold, [633]

post-mortem appearances in, [634]

electrical currents, [683]

hanging, proof of, [757]

latent disease, [503]

natural causes, [503]

slight injuries, [507]

starvation, [813]

strangulation, proof of, [721]

submersion, [794], [798]

suffocation, proof of, [784]

surgical operations, [515], [624]

wounds, causes of, [496], [497]

signs of, [440]

time of, [437]

Deformities, identity from, [403]

Delirium tremens, [514], [624]

Diaphragm, rupture of, [579]

wounds of, [579]

Diploma or license, how proved in court, [20]

Dislocations, [476]

Drowning (see Submersion), [793]

Ecchymoses, [467]

ante-mortem, [444]

post-mortem, [443], [444], [485]

Electric cars, [668]

Electric light, effects of, on eyes, [676]

Electrical apparatus, injuries from, [664]

Electrical currents, burns from, [664], [676]

direct injuries from, [671]

direct symptoms of injury from, [676]

fatal, [682]

high tension, [666]

indirect injuries from, [670]

injury from, [664]

internal symptoms caused by, [678]

mechanical effects of, [675]

mental symptoms from, [689]

muscular contraction from, [677]

Electrical resistance, [673]

Electricity, [661]

medical, [664]

static, [673]

Electrocution, [683]

Erosion, [471]

Erysipelas, [511]

Examination of body, [537]

of clothing, [537]

of surroundings, [541]

Excoriation, [471]

Experiments, testing powder-marks, [613]

with cadavers, [607]

[Expert witness] (see [Privileged Communications]), [49-72]

compensation of, [60]

competency of, [61]

conduct of, in court, [65]

definition of, [53]

examination of, scope of, [65], [68]

impeachment of, [64]

in civil and criminal cases, [61]

medical books, how may be used in examining, [64]

practical suggestions, [70]

summons of court must be obeyed, [60]

system in Germany and France compared with that in United States, [54]

Exposure, effects of, [630]

Extremities, wounds of, [589]

Face, wounds of, [569]

Falls, [549]

Faradism, [672]

Firearms, evidence from, [600]

examination of, [612]

Flash, identity by, [619]

Footprints, [427]

Fractures, [359], [474], [491], [553]

by gunshot wounds, [610]

of ribs, [574]

skull, [559]

spine, [571]

spontaneous, [474]

Gall-bladder, wounds and rupture of, [584]

Garrotting, [571], [707]

Genital organs, post-mortem examination of, [376]

wounds of, [588]

Gunshot wounds, see Wounds, Gunshot

Hæmatomata, [468]

Hair, identity from, [406]

on weapons, [535]

Handwriting, [434]

Hanging, [707], [735]

accidental, cases of, [774]

cases of, [760]

homicidal, [759]

cases of, [767]

judicial, cases of, [770]

post-mortem appearances, [746]

proof of death by, [757]

suicidal, [758]

cases of, [760]

symptoms in, [740]

treatment in, [744]

Health, Boards of, see Practice of Medicine and Surgery

physicians reporting contagious diseases to, not liable for mistaken reports, [23]

powers, how governed, [23], [24]

Head, post-mortem examination of, [361]

wounds of, [557]

Heart, in strangulation, [719]

post-mortem examination of, [366]

rupture of, [578]

wounds of, [575]

Heat, effects of extreme, [635]

Hemorrhage, [483], [497], [716]

Hypostases, [443], [716]

internal, [444]

Identification, [383]

by flash of gunpowder, [619]

from congenital peculiarities, [403]

deformities, [403], [430]

entire skeleton, [392]

imprints, [427]

injuries, [403]

scars, [419]

stigmata, [426]

tattooings, [421]

teeth, [401]

in death from submersion, [802]

of burnt remains, [389]

human bones, [390]

mutilated remains, [408]

recently dead, entire cadaver, [415]

surface signs for, [419]

Imprints, [427], [542]

Incised wounds, see Wounds

Infants, liability of, for medical services, [37]

Information, duty of patient as to (see [Physician and Patient]), [33]

Injuries, coagulation of blood in, [488]

fatal, acts performed after, [493]

identification from, [403]

medical inspection of, [101]

of abdominal walls, [580]

viscera, [580]

spinal cord, [571]

spine, [571]

slight, death from, [507]

whether ante- or post-mortem, [482]

Inquest, see Coroners

Insane persons, liability of, for medical services, [39]

Insolation, [636]

Insulation of electrical conductors, [667]

Intestines, post-mortem examination of, [371]

wounds of, [586]

Kidneys, post-mortem examination of, [370]

rupture of, [584]

wounds of, [584]

Larynx, in death from hanging, [754]

strangulation, [718]

post-mortem examination of, [369]

License (see [Practice of Medicine and Surgery]), [7]

(or diploma), how proved in court, [20]

licensed physician presumed competent as an expert witness, [58]

licensed practitioner, pretending to be, when not a misdemeanor, [22]

statutes requiring, constitutional, [7]

suits cannot be maintained by persons without, [18]

unlicensed practitioner not presumed competent as expert witness, [62]

when may be compelled by courts, [14]

when presumed, [19]

Lightning, [690]

burns from, [694]

contusions by, [695]

effects on internal organs, [702]

loss of consciousness from, [696]

memory from, [696]

paralysis from, [697]

pathology of, stroke of, [700]

staining of skin by, [696]

symptoms produced by, [693], [696]

wounds by, [695]

Liver, post-mortem examination of, [375]

rupture of, [582], [808]

wounds of, [582]

Lungs, in death from strangulation, [719]

submersion, [805]

post-mortem examination of, [368]

wounds of, [575]

Lymphorrhagia, [470]

Malpractice, [73-87]

abortion is, [74]

civil cases concerning, [80]

contributory negligence in, [87]

criminal cases concerning, [73]

damages for, [83]

definition of, [73]

degree of care and skill in, [80]

evidence in, [84]

inspection before trial in, [85]

partners liable for, [84]

Mannlicher rifle, effects of, [619]

Marks of powder, [608]

Married women, liability of, for medical services, [37]

Master, liability of, for services rendered servant, [39]

Massage, not practising medicine or surgery, [28]

[Medical examiners], see [Coroners]

contract of coroner with, binds county to payment of reasonable compensation, [336]

coroners may employ, [335]

In Massachusetts:

cannot hold autopsy unless authorized, [338]

cannot hold an inquest, [338]

in place of coroners, [338]

Medical societies, by-laws of, [15]

fee bill, [22]

Medicine and surgery, see Physician and Patient; and Practice of Medicine and Surgery

Muscular contraction, from electrical current, [677]

Mutilated remains, identification of, [408]

Nails, identification from, [406]

Neck, contusions of, [570]

wounds of, [569]

Œsophagus, post-mortem examination of, [369]

Overlying, [774]

Pancreas, post-mortem examination of, [375]

Patient, rights of, concerning confidential communications, [96]

Physician, action for professional services, [133]

his books containing confidential entries, [110]

his rights and duties concerning confidential communications, [132]

receiver not entitled to his books of account, [110]

what is a professional capacity? [123]

[Physician and patient],

contracts between, compensation for services, [37]

conditional and unconditional, [34]

consulting physicians, [44]

duties of patient, [29], [30]

physician, [28]

employment, how terminated, [26], [28], [30]

may be declined, [24]

estates of deceased persons, when liable for, [43]

express or implied, [26]

express, [27]

implied, elements of, [28]

infants, liability of, [43]

insane persons, when liable, [45]

married women, generally not liable, [43]

masters, liable for services rendered servants, [45]

measure of recovery for, [45]

patient presumed liable, [37]

person calling in physician not presumed liable, [36], [41]

physicians treating each other, when they may recover, [47]

railway company, when liable for, in case of accident, [42]

railway physicians, authority of, [42]

relation of physician and patient, [119]

compensation for services, right to sue for in United States, [26]

how lost, [19]

students’ services, [44]

skill and care required of (see Malpractice), [28], [31], [32], [33]

schools of medicine not recognized by courts, [15]

standard of school professed must be attained, [31]

stranger may not be called in without patient’s consent, [29]

Pithing, [572]

Poisoning, [597]

Position of victim, [541], [546]

[Post-mortem] appearances, in death from burns, [647]

cold, [634]

hanging, [746]

starvation, [822]

strangulation, [713]

submersion, [801], [804]

sunstroke, [638]

Post-mortem changes, [441]

ecchymoses, [443], [485]

hypostasis, [443]

lividity, [443]

rigidity, [442], [453]

[Post-mortem examinations] (see [Autopsies], [Coroners]), [354]

when and ow made by coroner, [337]

Post-mortem wounds, [355]

Powder-marks, [608], [612]

Practice of medicine and surgery (see [Physician and Patient]), [7-25]

acquirement of right, regulated by statutes, [7]

constitutionality of, statutes regulating, [8]

criminal cases, proof of, [19], [22]

license for, may be compelled, [14]

how proved, [20]

medical societies and by-laws of, [14]

fee bills, [15]

massage not, [22]

patent medicines, [14]

statutory regulations concerning, in:

Alabama, [137]

Arizona, [139]

Arkansas, [140]

California, [141]

Colorado, [144]

Connecticut, [145]

Delaware, [148]

Dist. of Columbia, [149]

Florida, [150]

Georgia, [151]

Idaho, [152]

Illinois, [153]

Indiana, [155]

Iowa, [157]

Kansas, [160]

Kentucky, [160]

Louisiana, [162]

Maine, [164]

Maryland, [165]

Massachusetts, [167]

Michigan, [167]

Minnesota, [168]

Mississippi, [169]

Missouri, [171]

Montana, [173]

Nebraska, [175]

Nevada, [177]

New Jersey, [178]

New Hampshire, [181]

New Mexico, [181]

New York, [183]

North Carolina, [189]

North Dakota, [191]

Ohio, [193]

Oklahoma, [193]

Oregon, [194]

Pennsylvania, [197]

Rhode Island, [203]

South Carolina, [203]

South Dakota, [204]

Tennessee, [205]

Texas, [207]

Utah, [209]

Vermont, [211]

Virginia, [212]

Washington, [215]

West Virginia, [219]

Wisconsin, [222]

Wyoming, [223]

Great Britain, [224]

Scotland, [224]

England, [224]

Ireland, [224]

Brit. Columbia, [238]

Manitoba, [242]

N. Brunswick, [248]

Newfoundland, [255]

N. W. Terr., [258]

Nova Scotia, [262]

Ontario, [268]

Prince Edw. Is., [278]

Quebec, [284]

Privileged communications, [91]

cause of death, [111]

communications to physician not privileged at common law, [91]

“confidential communications,” [115], [118]

between physician and patient, when privileged, [94]

dependent upon professional capacity, [98]

effect of excluding privileged evidence, [130]

evidence admitted not to be commented on, [111]

in criminal actions, [101]

in lunacy proceedings, [103]

of abortion, [102]

of adultery, [102]

of crime in civil actions, [101]

of criminal intimacy, [102]

of habitual drunkenness, [103]

of value of physician’s services, [133]

to establish privilege, [106]

function of the court, [128]

ground of privilege, [91]

harmless admission no ground for exception, [111]

how evidence of physician taken in New York, [97]

how privilege established, [131]

in actions for divorce, [102]

in criminal actions, [101]

“information,” [97], [115]

“matters confided,” [99]

“matter committed,” [97], [118]

“matter necessary to enable a physician to prescribe or a surgeon to act,” [124]

mental condition of patient, [103]

necessity, [98]

objections to evidence, [109]

when made, [110]

objection once made need not be repeated, [111]

partner of physician, as privileged witness, [122]

patient’s ignorance immaterial, [110]

rights concerning confidential communications, [96]

physician defined, [105]

“duly authorized,” [105]

as witness to establish privilege, [131]

physician’s advice, [98]

books, [110]

cannot refuse to disclose when patient waives privilege, [99]

knowledge, [98]

presumption from failure to give privileged evidence, [130]

privilege is patient’s, not physician’s, [107]

“professional capacity,” [123]

purpose of statutes prohibiting disclosures, [96]

relation of physician and patient, [119], [122]

result of legislation, [134]

rights and duties of physician, [132]

statutory privileges concerning confidential communications, [93]

statutory privileges for waiver of privilege, [96]

surgeon defined, [105]

testamentary causes, [103]

waiver after death of patient, in New York, [98]

waiver of privilege after patient’s death, [108]

by application for insurance, [111]

by proof of death to insurance company, [111]

by contract, [112]

by infant, [108]

by patient’s attorney, [107]

by representative of deceased patient, [103]

by requesting physician to witness will, [113]

certificate of death, [115]

effect of, [107], [110]

infant’s, [113]

taking physician’s deposition, [112]

testimony of patient, [111]

what constitutes, [111]

what evidence is excluded, [97]

what is privileged, [115]

when patient may be contradicted by physician, [112]

who may waive, [106]

whose testimony is privileged, [105]

witness, [97]

Projectile, course of, [615]

evidence from, [600]

Punctured wounds, see Wounds

Putrefaction, [445], [453]

circumstances favoring, [447]

retarding, [448]

of immersed bodies, [450], [810]

Pyæmia, [511]

Race, determination of, from hair, [393]

skeleton, [393]

Railway companies, when liable for medical services, [41]

Railway physicians, authority as to employing nurses, [42]

Reports, medico-legal, [381]

Resistance, electrical, [673]

Respiration, suspended, [439]

Ribs, fracture of, [574]

Rifle, Mannlicher, [619]

Rigor mortis, [442], [453], [701]

Rupture of abdominal organs, [582]

bladder, [585]

gall-bladder, [584]

of heart, [578]

internal organs, [553]

kidneys, [584]

liver, [582], [808]

spleen, [584]

stomach, [586]

Saponification, [451]

Scalds, [639]

Scars, in relation to identity, [419]

Schools of medicine not recognized by courts, [15]

Septicæmia, [510]

Sex, determination of, [400]

Sharks, bites of, [808]

Shock, [499]

Shot-guns, wounds by, [607]

Signs of death, [440]

Skin, marks on, [419]

Skull, fracture of, [559]

measurements of, [394]

Small shot, wounds by, [617]

Smothering, [774]

Spinal cord, concussion of, [573]

post-mortem examination of, [377]

wounds of, [571]

Spine, dislocation of, [572]

fracture of, [571]

wounds of, [571]

Spleen, post-mortem examination of, [371]

rupture of, [584]

wounds of, [584]

Spontaneous combustion, [647]

Stabs, [463]

Stains, could assailant have escaped without? 538

Starvation, acute, [817]

chronic, [818]

death from, [813]

diseases produced by, [824]

or disease, which was cause of death? [823]

period of death from, [820]

post-mortem appearances in, [822]

whether accompanied by other ill-treatment, [822]

Stature, determination of, [398]

Sternum, fracture of, [574]

Stigmata, [426]

Stomach, post-mortem examination of, [373]

rupture of, [586]

wounds of, [586]

Strangulation, [707], [708]

accidental, [724]

cases of, [734]

cases of, [726]

external appearances due to, [713]

homicidal, [725]

cases of, [726]

internal appearances due to, [727]

post-mortem appearances, [713]

proof of death by, [721]

simulated, [725]

stages of, [710]

suicidal, [724]

cases of, [732]

symptoms of, [708]

treatment of, [712]

Struggle, signs of, [536]

Submersion, [793]

asphyxia by, [796]

cadaveric signs in death by, [804]

circumstances modifying time of, [810]

definition of, [796]

mode of death by, [797]

post-mortem appearances, [801]

stages and symptoms of death by, [798]

treatment of apparently drowned, [802]

whether accidental, suicidal, or homicidal, [807]

Suffocation, [707], [774]

accidental, [785]

cases of, [787]

by submersion, [796]

cases of, [787]

external causes of, [774]

homicidal, [785]

cases of, [790]

internal causes of, [775]

mechanical, [705]

post-mortem appearances, [781]

proof of death by, [784]

suicidal, [785]

cases of, [790]

symptoms of, [777]

treatment, [779]

Sunstroke, [636]

Surgeon, definition of term, [56]

duties of, see [Physician and Patient]

Surgical operations, death from, [515]

Survival, [556]

Syncope, [796], [799]

Tattooing, [421]

Teeth, determination of identity from, [401]

Temperature of body, [629]

of dead body, [441], [453]

Tetanus, [513]

Thorax, post-mortem examination of, [365]

wounds of, [573]

Time of death, [437]

how determined, [452]

Veins, air in, [579]

wounds of, [578]

Weapons, [353], [524]

evidence from, [600]

as to origin of wounds, [533], [549]

examination of, [612]

presence of blood and hair on, [535]

was it fired from a distance or near? [612]

Witness, see [Expert Witness]; [Privileged Communications]

physician as expert and ordinary witness, [50]

when must testify as, [60]

Wounds, [358], [457]

as directly cause of death, [497]

as secondary cause of death, [509]

by what instrument made? [517], [524]

cause of death from, [496], [497]

coagulation of blood in, [488]

consequences of non-fatal, [556]

contused, [467], [470], [523]

death from, after long periods, [508]

definitions of, [459]

description of, [482]

direction of, [529]

eversion of lips of, [489]

evidence from weapon, [533], [549], [600]

examination of, [476]

from crushing, [553]

falling, [549]

lightning, [695]

gunshot, [593]

by blank charges, [617]

by shot-guns, [607]

gunshot, by small shot, [617]

complications of, [624]

course of projectile, [615]

death from surgical operations in, [624]

description of, [594]

dimensions of perforations, [609]

direction of, [599]

examination of, [594]

of body in, [610]

of entrance, [614]

of exit, [614]

situation of, [598]

treatment of, [620]

imputed, [544]

incised, [460], [517], [557]

diagnosis of, [462]

kinds of, [459]

lacerated, [471], [523]

mortal, [460]

nature of, [548]

number and extent of, [531]

of abdominal viscera, [580]

walls, [580]

arteries and veins, [578]

bladder, [585]

brain, [569]

diaphragm, [579]

extremities, [589]

face, [569]

gall-bladder, [584]

genital organs, [588]

head, [557], [558]

heart, [575]

intestines, [586]

kidneys, [584]

liver, [582]

lungs, [575]

neck, [569]

spinal cord, [571]

spine, [571]

spleen, [584]

stomach, [586]

thoracic viscera, [573]

thorax, [573]

throat, incised, [526]

origin of, evidence from weapons, [533], [549]

punctured, [463], [518], [557]

regionally considered, [557]

retraction of sides of, [490]

severe, [460]

situation and position of, [527], [548]

slight, [460]

whether accidental, [547]

ante-mortem or post-mortem, [482]

necessarily the cause of death, [500]

self-inflicted or by another, [525], [544], [548]

which of several was first inflicted? [544]

two was cause of death? [500]