Golden rules of medical evidence

STANLEY B. ATKINSON, M.A., M.B., B.Sc.

of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law; a Justice of the Peace for the County of London; Hon. Sec. of the Medico-Legal Society (London).

“GOLDEN RULES” SERIES. No. XVI.

Bristol: JOHN WRIGHT & CO. London: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO., LTD.

PREFACE.

The science, the art, and the correct estimation of the value of Medical Evidence is the province of Forensic Medicine.

It is hoped that this little book will aid the General Practitioner when he is called upon to offer medical testimony, so that the ancient inquest jury especially may fully appreciate the bearing of the technical facts he narrates. Those who pose as “experts,” should ipso facto be themselves authorities on the matter and the manner of bearing testimony.