A Dissertation on Infanticide

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Excerpt from A Dissertation on Infanticide: In Its Relations to Physiology and Jurisprudence It is the custom in our Courts of judicature to require the opinions of Medical Men in those causes which rest on evidence deduced from intimate knowledge of the physiology of the human body, and there is no occasion on which men of this profession appear in a more important character, or have more arduous duties to perform. But it must be acknowledged, the instances are not rare in which they have failed to furnish the legal authorities with the information that has, with reason, been expected from them, and where their conduct has favoured the subsequent commission of crimes, by rendering prevalent the notion that vague and indeterminate statements constitute the best evidence that can be produced towards the proof of guilt, in the cases where that proof depends on their decision. The interests of Justice and Good Policy have not solely experienced the evils that have sprung from the source above indicated: an examination in a Court of Law has destroyed the honourable reputation of numerous medical practitioners, and this consequence has not always been so strictly merited as the public have supposed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.