Nux Vomica, Strychnine, and Brucine 145
XLV. Cantharides 146
XLVI. Abortifacients 147
XLVII. Poisonous Fungi and Toxic Foods 148
XLVIII. Ptomaines or Cadaveric Alkaloids 150
Index 152
AIDS TO FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY
PART I
FORENSIC MEDICINE
I.--CRIMES
Forensic medicine is also called Medical Jurisprudence or Legal
Medicine, and includes all questions which bring medical matters into
relation with the law. It deals, therefore, with (1) crimes and (2)
civil injuries.
1. A _crime_ is the voluntary act of a person of sound mind harmful to
others and also unjust. No act is a crime unless it is plainly forbidden
by law. To constitute a crime, two circumstances are necessary to be
proved--(a) that the act has been committed, (b) that a guilty mind or
malice was present. The act may be one of omission or of commission.
Every person who commits a crime may be punished, unless he is under the
age of seven years, is insane, or has been made to commit it under
compulsion.
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