Doctors and the law : medical jurisprudence in nineteenth-century America / James C. Mohr.

Author/creator Mohr, James C.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Descriptionxv, 319 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Medical jurisprudence in the new republic -- T. R. Beck and the Elements of Medical jurisprudence -- Medical jurisprudence as a burgeoning field in early American medical schools -- Medical jurisprudence and American medicine, 1820-1850 -- Medical jurisprudence and American society, 1820-1850 -- Medical jurisprudence and the State, 1820-1850 -- Medical testimony in court to 1860 -- The emergence of medical malpractice -- Toxicology on trial: the Hendrickson case -- The implications of insanity: from a professional asset to a public embarrassment -- Medical jurisprudence and the Civil War -- The insanity issue after the Civil War -- The Schoeppe trials and the Wharton case -- The crisis of the expert witness -- Medical examiners and medico-legal societies -- Medical jurisprudence and the AMA -- Medical jurisprudence as a dying field in American professional schools.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 259-314) and index.
Acquisitions source Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection
LCCN 92012876
ISBN0195053842
ISBN9780195053845

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Laupus Books - Stacks WZ 70 AA1 M699D 1993 ✔ Available Place Hold