Transcriber’s Note When italics were used in the original book, the corresponding text has been surrounded by _underscores_. Some corrections have been made to the printed text. These are listed in a second transcriber’s note at the end of the text. MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE. --------------------- J. A. PARIS, M.D. F.R.S. F.L.S. FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS; AND J. S. M. FONBLANQUE, ESQ. BARRISTER AT LAW. --------------------- “Hæc est illa amica Imperantium atque Medentium conspiratio, qua effectum est, ut aliquo veluti connubio Medicina ac Jurisprudentia inter se jungerentur.” _Hebenstreit Anthropolog: Forens:_ --------------------- IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. --------------------- LONDON: PRINTED & PUBLISHED BY W. PHILLIPS, GEORGE YARD, LOMBARD STREET; SOLD ALSO BY T. & G. UNDERWOOD, AND S. HIGHLEY, FLEET STREET; AND W. & C. TAIT, EDINBURGH. 1823. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN EARL OF ELDON, LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF GREAT BRITAIN; AND TO SIR HENRY HALFORD, BART. PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS; THIS WORK IS, WITH THEIR PERMISSION, MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHORS. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PART I. VOL. I. Of the College of Physicians 1 Its powers and privileges 23 Of the College of Surgeons 54 Of the Society of Apothecaries 59 Of the exemptions and liabilities of Medical practitioners 72 Of actions by Medical practitioners 77 Of actions against Medical practitioners 80 Midwifery 82 Of the preservation of Public Health 85 Burial of the dead 92 Of Quarantine, Lazarettos, and other establishments of Plague Police 104