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Title: Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic medicine and Toxicology. Vol. 1
Author: R. A. Witthaus
Tracy C. Becker
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MEDICAL
JURISPRUDENCE
FORENSIC MEDICINE
AND
TOXICOLOGY
BY
R. A. WITTHAUS, A.M., M.D.
_Professor of Chemistry, Physics, and Hygiene in the University of the
City of New York, etc., etc._
AND
TRACY C. BECKER, A.B., LL.B.
_Counsellor at Law, Professor of Criminal Law and Medical
Jurisprudence in the University of Buffalo_
_WITH THE COLLABORATION OF_
J. CLIFTON EDGAR, M.D.; D. S. LAMB, M.D.; W. B. OUTTEN, M.D.;
HON. WM. A. POSTE; EDWARD S. WOOD, M.D.;
E. V. STODDARD, M.D.;
HON. GOODWIN BROWN; J. C. CAMERON, M.D.; E. D. FISHER, M.D.;
H. P. LOOMIS, M.D.; ROSWELL PARK, M.D.; IRVING C. ROSSE, M.D.;
F. P. VANDENBERGH, M.D.; J. H. WOODWARD, M.D.;
GEORGE WOOLSEY,M.D.
VOLUME ONE
NEW YORK WILLIAM WOOD & COMPANY 1894
COPYRIGHT, 1894,
BY WILLIAM WOOD & COMPANY
PRESS OF
THE PUBLISHERS’ PRINTING COMPANY
132-136 W. FOURTEENTH ST.
NEW YORK
CONTENTS.
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