Injuries, coagulation of blood in, 488
fatal, acts performed after, 493
identification from, 403
medical inspection of, 101
of abdominal walls, 580
viscera, 580
spinal cord, 571
spine, 571
slight, death from, 507
whether ante- or post-mortem, 482
Inquest, see Coroners
Insane persons, liability of, for medical services, 39
Insolation, 636
Insulation of electrical conductors, 667
Intestines, post-mortem examination of, 371
wounds of, 586
Kidneys, post-mortem examination of, 370
rupture of, 584
wounds of, 584
Larynx, in death from hanging, 754
strangulation, 718
post-mortem examination of, 369
License (see Practice of Medicine and Surgery), 7
(or diploma), how proved in court, 20
licensed physician presumed competent as an expert witness, 58
licensed practitioner, pretending to be, when not a misdemeanor, 22
statutes requiring, constitutional, 7
suits cannot be maintained by persons without, 18
unlicensed practitioner not presumed competent as expert witness, 62
when may be compelled by courts, 14
when presumed, 19
Lightning, 690
burns from, 694
contusions by, 695
effects on internal organs, 702
loss of consciousness from, 696
memory from, 696
paralysis from, 697
pathology of, stroke of, 700
staining of skin by, 696
symptoms produced by, 693, 696
wounds by, 695
Liver, post-mortem examination of, 375
wounds of, 582
Lungs, in death from strangulation, 719
submersion, 805
post-mortem examination of, 368
wounds of, 575
Lymphorrhagia, 470
Malpractice, 73-87
abortion is, 74
civil cases concerning, 80
contributory negligence in, 87
criminal cases concerning, 73
damages for, 83
definition of, 73
degree of care and skill in, 80
evidence in, 84
inspection before trial in, 85
partners liable for, 84
Mannlicher rifle, effects of, 619
Marks of powder, 608
Married women, liability of, for medical services, 37
Master, liability of, for services rendered servant, 39
Massage, not practising medicine or surgery, 28
Medical examiners, see Coroners
contract of coroner with, binds county to payment of reasonable compensation, 336
coroners may employ, 335
In Massachusetts:
cannot hold autopsy unless authorized, 338
cannot hold an inquest, 338
in place of coroners, 338
Medical societies, by-laws of, 15
fee bill, 22
Medicine and surgery, see Physician and Patient; and Practice of Medicine and Surgery
Muscular contraction, from electrical current, 677
Mutilated remains, identification of, 408
Nails, identification from, 406
Neck, contusions of, 570
wounds of, 569
Œsophagus, post-mortem examination of, 369
Overlying, 774
Pancreas, post-mortem examination of, 375
Patient, rights of, concerning confidential communications, 96
Physician, action for professional services, 133
his books containing confidential entries, 110
his rights and duties concerning confidential communications, 132
receiver not entitled to his books of account, 110
what is a professional capacity? 123
contracts between, compensation for services, 37
conditional and unconditional, 34
consulting physicians, 44
physician, 28
employment, how terminated, 26, 28, 30
may be declined, 24
estates of deceased persons, when liable for, 43
express or implied, 26
express, 27
implied, elements of, 28
infants, liability of, 43
insane persons, when liable, 45
married women, generally not liable, 43
masters, liable for services rendered servants, 45
measure of recovery for, 45
patient presumed liable, 37
person calling in physician not presumed liable, 36, 41
physicians treating each other, when they may recover, 47
railway company, when liable for, in case of accident, 42
railway physicians, authority of, 42
relation of physician and patient, 119
compensation for services, right to sue for in United States, 26
how lost, 19
students’ services, 44
skill and care required of (see Malpractice), 28, 31, 32, 33
schools of medicine not recognized by courts, 15
standard of school professed must be attained, 31
stranger may not be called in without patient’s consent, 29
Pithing, 572
Poisoning, 597
Post-mortem appearances, in death from burns, 647
cold, 634
hanging, 746
starvation, 822
strangulation, 713
sunstroke, 638
Post-mortem changes, 441
hypostasis, 443
lividity, 443
Post-mortem examinations (see Autopsies, Coroners), 354
when and ow made by coroner, 337
Post-mortem wounds, 355
Practice of medicine and surgery (see Physician and Patient), 7-25
acquirement of right, regulated by statutes, 7
constitutionality of, statutes regulating, 8
criminal cases, proof of, 19, 22
license for, may be compelled, 14
how proved, 20
medical societies and by-laws of, 14
fee bills, 15
massage not, 22
patent medicines, 14
statutory regulations concerning, in:
Alabama, 137
Arizona, 139
Arkansas, 140
California, 141
Colorado, 144
Connecticut, 145
Delaware, 148
Dist. of Columbia, 149
Florida, 150
Georgia, 151
Idaho, 152
Illinois, 153
Indiana, 155
Iowa, 157
Kansas, 160
Kentucky, 160
Louisiana, 162
Maine, 164
Maryland, 165
Massachusetts, 167
Michigan, 167
Minnesota, 168
Mississippi, 169
Missouri, 171
Montana, 173
Nebraska, 175
Nevada, 177
New Jersey, 178
New Hampshire, 181
New Mexico, 181
New York, 183
North Carolina, 189
North Dakota, 191
Ohio, 193
Oklahoma, 193
Oregon, 194
Pennsylvania, 197
Rhode Island, 203
South Carolina, 203
South Dakota, 204
Tennessee, 205
Texas, 207
Utah, 209
Vermont, 211
Virginia, 212
Washington, 215
West Virginia, 219
Wisconsin, 222
Wyoming, 223
Great Britain, 224
Scotland, 224
England, 224
Ireland, 224
Brit. Columbia, 238
Manitoba, 242
N. Brunswick, 248
Newfoundland, 255
N. W. Terr., 258
Nova Scotia, 262
Ontario, 268
Prince Edw. Is., 278
Quebec, 284
Privileged communications, 91
cause of death, 111
communications to physician not privileged at common law, 91
“confidential communications,” 115, 118
between physician and patient, when privileged, 94
dependent upon professional capacity, 98
effect of excluding privileged evidence, 130
evidence admitted not to be commented on, 111
in criminal actions, 101
in lunacy proceedings, 103
of abortion, 102
of adultery, 102
of crime in civil actions, 101
of criminal intimacy, 102
of habitual drunkenness, 103
of value of physician’s services, 133
to establish privilege, 106
function of the court, 128
ground of privilege, 91
harmless admission no ground for exception, 111
how evidence of physician taken in New York, 97
how privilege established, 131
in actions for divorce, 102
in criminal actions, 101
“matters confided,” 99
“matter necessary to enable a physician to prescribe or a surgeon to act,” 124
mental condition of patient, 103
necessity, 98
objections to evidence, 109
when made, 110
objection once made need not be repeated, 111
partner of physician, as privileged witness, 122
patient’s ignorance immaterial, 110
rights concerning confidential communications, 96
physician defined, 105
“duly authorized,” 105
as witness to establish privilege, 131
physician’s advice, 98
books, 110
cannot refuse to disclose when patient waives privilege, 99
knowledge, 98
presumption from failure to give privileged evidence, 130
privilege is patient’s, not physician’s, 107
“professional capacity,” 123
purpose of statutes prohibiting disclosures, 96
relation of physician and patient, 119, 122
result of legislation, 134
rights and duties of physician, 132
statutory privileges concerning confidential communications, 93
statutory privileges for waiver of privilege, 96
surgeon defined, 105
testamentary causes, 103
waiver after death of patient, in New York, 98
waiver of privilege after patient’s death, 108
by application for insurance, 111
by proof of death to insurance company, 111
by contract, 112
by infant, 108
by patient’s attorney, 107
by representative of deceased patient, 103
by requesting physician to witness will, 113
certificate of death, 115
infant’s, 113
taking physician’s deposition, 112
testimony of patient, 111
what constitutes, 111
what evidence is excluded, 97
what is privileged, 115
when patient may be contradicted by physician, 112
who may waive, 106
whose testimony is privileged, 105
witness, 97
Projectile, course of, 615
evidence from, 600
Punctured wounds, see Wounds
circumstances favoring, 447
retarding, 448
Pyæmia, 511
Race, determination of, from hair, 393
skeleton, 393
Railway companies, when liable for medical services, 41
Railway physicians, authority as to employing nurses, 42
Reports, medico-legal, 381
Resistance, electrical, 673
Respiration, suspended, 439
Ribs, fracture of, 574
Rifle, Mannlicher, 619
Rupture of abdominal organs, 582
bladder, 585
gall-bladder, 584
of heart, 578
internal organs, 553
kidneys, 584
spleen, 584
stomach, 586
Saponification, 451
Scalds, 639
Scars, in relation to identity, 419
Schools of medicine not recognized by courts, 15
Septicæmia, 510
Sex, determination of, 400
Sharks, bites of, 808
Shock, 499
Shot-guns, wounds by, 607
Signs of death, 440
Skin, marks on, 419
Skull, fracture of, 559
measurements of, 394
Small shot, wounds by, 617
Smothering, 774
Spinal cord, concussion of, 573
post-mortem examination of, 377
wounds of, 571
Spine, dislocation of, 572
fracture of, 571
wounds of, 571
Spleen, post-mortem examination of, 371
rupture of, 584
wounds of, 584
Spontaneous combustion, 647
Stabs, 463
Stains, could assailant have escaped without? 538
Starvation, acute, 817
chronic, 818
death from, 813
diseases produced by, 824
or disease, which was cause of death? 823
period of death from, 820
post-mortem appearances in, 822
whether accompanied by other ill-treatment, 822
Stature, determination of, 398
Sternum, fracture of, 574
Stigmata, 426
Stomach, post-mortem examination of, 373
rupture of, 586
wounds of, 586
accidental, 724
cases of, 734
cases of, 726
external appearances due to, 713
homicidal, 725
cases of, 726
internal appearances due to, 727
post-mortem appearances, 713
proof of death by, 721
simulated, 725
stages of, 710
suicidal, 724
cases of, 732
symptoms of, 708
treatment of, 712
Struggle, signs of, 536
Submersion, 793
asphyxia by, 796
cadaveric signs in death by, 804
circumstances modifying time of, 810
definition of, 796
mode of death by, 797
post-mortem appearances, 801
stages and symptoms of death by, 798
treatment of apparently drowned, 802
whether accidental, suicidal, or homicidal, 807
accidental, 785
cases of, 787