Forensic Medicine : A Textbook for Students and Practitioners

This edition rapidly follows the revised edition by John Glaister, both books being the products of the Scottish school, which, of late years, has done so much to keep British forensic medicine in the front rank. The author has brought up to date the changes in the Poison and Pharmacy Act as well as the list of industrial diseases under the Factories Act and the Workmen's Compensation Act. Every doctor or policeman, who has to work in India, is constantly faced with cases of murder either by violence or by poisoning. His library will not be complete unless he has such an up-to-date book for ready reference. Amongst the books on the laboratory bench of the toxicologist, Sydney Smith will always be found close to Witthaus. The book has now far outstripped the requirements of the present-day overworked medical student. In chapter IX, wounds from firearms and the examination of projectiles are exceedingly well discussed, and the diagrams are clear; if history repeats itself, the subject-matter will often have to be consulted in the years following the cessation of the present hostilities. The author has added an appendix (IV) of only nine pages on forensic medicine in the East. It is suggested that in future editions more importance should be attached to this section, even if it be necessary to call in an Indian collaborator. The few books that,