1275 The Coroner’s Ordinance. The
inquest jury were the witnesses
also; inspection of external
appearances was alone necessary
for the jury’s post-mortem
examination.
1290 The Court, after being advised by
physicians, direct the jury as to
the legitimacy of a posthumous
child.
1345 The Sheriff is directed to summon
the foremost London medical
men to consider the severity of
a recently inflicted wound.
1354 A charge of surgical malpraxis
narrated in the City Records.
1450 Common witnesses are summoned
to appear before the jury.
1506 Dispute as to the province of the
Court or the surgeon to decide
upon the severity of a wound.
Anatomical post-mortem examinations
occur, though pathology is
primitive. “Searchers.”
1542 Thomas Vicary advises the Lord
Mayor in a case of battery.
1562 Witnesses summoned sub-pœna.
1575 Ambrose Paré publishes typical
“medico-legal reports.”