Medical Jurisprudence

The physician John Ayrton Paris and his co-author J. S. M. Fonblanque published this three-volume work on medical evidence in 1823.

John Ayrton Paris (Author), J. S. M. Fonblanque (Author)

9781108070133, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 July 2014

542 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3.1 cm, 0.68 kg

The physician and author John Ayrton Paris (1785–1856), several of whose other medical and popular works have been reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection, and his co-author J. S. M. Fonblanque (1787–1865), barrister and administrator, published this three-volume work in 1823. It remained almost the only work on the topic of medical jurisprudence for many years. The authors define the term as 'a science by which medicine, and its collateral branches, are made subservient to the construction, elucidation, and administration of the laws; and to the preservation of public health'. Volume 3 continues the discussion of homicide, dealing with abortion and infanticide, rules for dissection, and issues of criminal responsibility, such as pleas of insanity. This is followed by a 'synopsis of the objects of inquiry in cases of sudden death', and an appendix presenting many illustrative historical cases. The book ends with a comprehensive index to all three volumes.

Part III (cont.): A synopsis of the objects of inquiry
Postscript
Index of cases
Index
Appendices 1-3.

Subject Areas: Legal history [LAZ]