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    Medical experts: Investigation of Insanity by Juries
    Medical experts: Investigation of Insanity by Juries
    Medical experts: Investigation of Insanity by Juries
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    Medical experts: Investigation of Insanity by Juries

    By W. S. Thorne

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 25, 2013
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      Medical experts - W. S. Thorne

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      Title: Medical experts: Investigation of Insanity by Juries

      Author: W. S. Thorne

      Release Date: May 5, 2011 [EBook #36037]

      Language: English

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      Medical Experts.

      INVESTIGATION

      OF

      INSANITY

      BY

      JURIES.

      Read before the Santa Clara Medical Society,

      SEPTEMBER 4, 1877.

      By

      By W. S. THORNE, M. D.

      SAN JOSE:

      THE PIONEER PRINT, COMMERCIAL BANK BUILDING.

      1877.

      Medical Experts.

      Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Santa Clara Medical Society:

      In the almost infinite variety of human affairs there are possibly none more complex than those which are involved in adjusting the legal relations of the insane. And, certainly, no duty which the medical man is called to perform so tries his patience or tests his knowledge and his experience as the character of medical witness in Judicial investigations.

      The points to which I particularly desire to call your attention to-night are the following, to-wit:

      First.—The present uncertain position occupied by medical experts in California Courts.

      Second.—The provision in our civil code which enables a person, who has been declared insane before a commission of lunacy, to demand a Judicial investigation before a Jury.

      My own limited capacity, Mr. President, and the presence here to-night of older and more experienced members of the profession admonish me that my theme is ill-chosen, and whilst I feel that my effort is properly prefaced by an apology, I am likewise impressed with the conviction, that it is my duty and privilege to raise my voice, feeble though it be, against abuses which are alike derogatory to our profession and an injustice to society.

      It is a confession no less mortifying than true, that medical experts, in California Courts, have no legal rights, and their testimony elicits neither respectable consideration nor carries with it authoritative weight. I assume these premises to be true, and if there is a medical man within the sound of my voice, whose experience as a legal expert in this State has been more fortunate, I shall unhesitatingly pronounce his case anomalous. Admitting then my hypothesis, let us inquire, if so we may, wherein lie the evils of which we speak and if possible

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