"CORONER AND MEDICAL MAN."

The King's Coroner

Medical Man and Court Honours

doctor, or eminent, if he were one." "When the Times takes to writing nou3ense of this kind, its staff must indeed be deficient in matter to fill up their columns with; for it stands to reason that if the objection above raised be valid in the case of doctors, it, is equally so in the instance of lawyers, military men, and, in fact, in an hereditary monarchy ; in elevating a diplomatist or lawy...

Coroner overruled: time for reform?

As pressure mounts for a change in the way coroners' inquests are conducted more challenges to inquest verdicts are reaching the high court. Last month, quashing the jury's verdict in an inquest described by Mr Justice Peter Pain as "hopelessly flawed," the court recognised "lack of care" as a possible verdict in appropriate cases and clarified the ambit ofthe verdict in cases in which medical ...

Reasons Why the Office of Coroner Should Be Held by a Member of the Medical Profession

Member of the Medical Profession. By Frederick W. Lowndes. Pp. 34. London: J. & A. Churchill. The reasons given in this recently-written but undated pamphlet are sound, and if read by those who have the power of election, will no doubt influence their votes in future contests for the office of Coroner. The public at last seem to be taking more interest in the matter of Coroners and their duties...

Man and mouse. Animals in medical research

concerned with how to approach a scientific enquiry. The manuscript also shows Bacon at work, crossing out, amending, and adding to his amanuensis' copy, and its physical state mirrors the tentative, emergent nature of Bacon's thinking, being, as it was, a stepping-stone to the finished Historia vitae et mortis. Rees has produced an excellent introduction and, with Christopher Upton's help, mad...