A

PRACTICAL TREATISE

ON

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE,

WITH SO MUCH OF

Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology,

AND THE

PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY,

AS ARE ESSENTIAL TO BE KNOWN BY

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, LAWYERS, CORONERS, MAGISTRATES, OFFICERS
IN THE ARMY AND NAVY, AND PRIVATE GENTLEMEN;

AND

ALL THE LAWS

RELATING TO

MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS;

WITH

Explanatory Plates.

By J. CHITTY, Esq.

BARRISTER AT LAW.

SECOND AMERICAN EDITION,

WITH NOTES AND ADDITIONS ADAPTED TO AMERICAN WORKS AND JUDICIAL DECISIONS.

PART I.

PHILADELPHIA:

CAREY, LEA & BLANCHARD.

1836.

ENTERED, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1834, by CAREY, LEA & BLANCHARD, in the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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GRIGGS & CO., PRINTERS,

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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD DEN MAN,

The Chief Justice of England,

&c. &c. &c.

THIS WORK IS DEDICATED,

WITH

THE DEEPEST RESPECT

FOR THOSE

AMIABLE QUALIFICATIONS AND THAT INDEPENDENT

PUBLIC CONDUCT

WHICH SO EMINENTLY DISTINGUISHED HIM

AS

AN ADVOCATE,

AND

ULTIMATELY RAISED HIM

ΤΟ

THE HIGH JUDICIAL SITUATION

HE NOW FILLS

WITH NO LESS HONOUR TO HIMSELF

THAN

BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.