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A
T E X T - B O O K
OF
MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE AND TOXICOLOGY BY RAI BAHADUR J a i S M g
P. Modi,
LR.C.P & S (Edin.),
L.R.F.P.S (Glasgow) Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health (London); Lecturer in Forensic Medicine, K i n g George's Medical College, L u c k n o w ; Examiner in Medical Jurisprudence, State Board of Medical Examinations, U . P . ; Lecturer in
Medical Jurisprudence,
Hygiene,
formerly
Chemistry,
and
Physics, A g r a Medical School.
Author
of "Elements
of Hygiene
and
Public
Health."
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LT.
COL.
W I L L I A M Y O U N G , M. B.,
CM.,
I. M. S.
Professor of Midwifery and Gynecology, K i n g George's Medical College, Lucknow, and Examiner in Medical Jurisprudence, State Board of Medical Examinations,
U, P.
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INTRODUCTION, There are many textbooks on Medical Jurisprudence in the English language, and in this as in most of the branches of the medical curriculum the addition of yet another textbook requires some justification. A s one of those at whose instigation Dr. Modi undertook the preparation of this volume, I feel a sense of responsibility which however is greatly lessened by the conviction that Dr. Modi has succeeded in producing a volume which should be of the greatest assistance to* students for whom it is primarily intended. As an examiner in the subject I have been struck with the difficulties experienced by students in mastering from: the larger textbooks the essential details of Medical Jurisprudence, and with the need of a book written in a clear and lucid manner, setting forth the subject in a way readily understood by the Indian student. That Dr. Modi has succeeded in producing a readable and attractive textbook I feel sure that its readers willi agree. In this conviction I commend this volume to the attention of students, and also to that wider circle of readers who in the course of their professional duties are brought into contact with the practical side of the subject, in the full assurance that they will find much help from it. Dr. Modi's long experience as a teacher and as a medical jurist is a guarantee of the careful and practical nature of the teaching which he offers in thisvolume. LUCKNOW.
5th Ai>ril /Ç20.
W.
Y O U N G .
PREFACE. In accordance with the wishes of the Principal of the Agra Medical School and the Examiner in Medical Jurisprudence, this book has been written chiefly as a text-book for students reading in medical schools and colleges ; but in the hope that it may also prove useful to medical and legal practitioners I have tried to incorporate my practical experience as a medical jurist for about fifteen years and as a lecturer in this subject in the Agra Medical School for eleven years and since then in the Lucknow Medical College. I have as well given in the form of appendices copies of Govern · ment orders in relation to medico-legal work, and certain sections of the Indian Evidence Act, Criminal Procedure Code, Indian Penal Code, Lunacy Act, Poisons Act, etc., which have a direct bearing on legal medicine. The students of medical schools and colleges while reading for their examinations may conveniently omit the text printed in smaller type, which not being included in their course, is meant only for practitioners. I must admit my responsibility for the opinions expressed in the te