The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation

by Austin O'Malley

[98] Principles and Practice of Medical Jurisprudence. London, 1905.

[99] Laws of Pennsylvania, Act of March 31, 1860, sec. 88. p. 404.

[100] Laws of 1897, Iowa Code, 4759.

[101] Legal Medicine, 1905.

[102] Medical Jurisprudence, vol. iii, sec. 526.

[103] Kelly's Operative Gynaecology. New York, 1898.

[104] "In a case of necessity, it is licit to do a laparotomy for the removal of an ectopic gestation sac from the maternal pelvis, provided the life of both fetus and mother be carefully safeguarded."

[105] "Negative, juxta decretum 4 Maii, 1898, vi cujus, foetus et matris vitae, quantum fieri potest serio et opportune providendum est: quod vero tempus, juxta idem decretum, orator meminerit, nullam partus accelerationem licitam esse, nisi perficiatur tempore et modis, quibus ex ordinarie contingentibus, matris ac foetus vitae consulatur."

[106] Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc., February 24, 1917.

[107] Zentralblatt f. Gynäkologie. Leipsic, October 30, 1915.