Author: G. A. Shurtleff

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-27

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9780332051215

Excerpt from Address Delivered Before the Medical Society of the State of California, at Its Annual Session, April, 1873 As the sciences of law and medicine advance, the more will the latter be called in aid of the former, in all cases involving medical questions. When Lord Hale influenced the verdict of a jury by the avowal of his belief in such creatures as witches, and sentenced two women to be hung, who were accordingly executed for the crime of witchcraft - when insan ity was regarded as a demoniacal possession instead of a dis ease - the testimony of medical experts was less sought and less respected than it is now. 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.