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343 entries match Ethics & Law [K01.750 / K01.690]
1997 CE
#12172
John of Alexandria. Commentary on Hippocrates’ Epidemics VI Fragments. Edition and translation by John M. Duffy. T. A. Bell, et al, editors and translators, John of Alexandria. Commentary on Hippocrates’ on the Nature of the Child. [CMG XI 1,4].
1834 CE
#10394
Jurisprudence de la médecine, de la chirurgie, et de la pharmacie en France, comprenant la médecine légale, la police médicale, la responsabilitié des médecins, chirurgiens, pharmaciens, etc, l'exposé et la discussion des lois, ordonnances, réglemens et instructions concernant l'art de guérir, appuyé des jugemens des cours et des tribunaux.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1483 CE
#1757.9
Jusiurandum IN: Nicholaus Perottus, De generibus metrorum.
One of the two earliest dated printings of the Hippocratic Oath. Digital facsimile from the Dombibliothek Freising at this link. ISTC No. ip00298000. It is possible that an undated edition attributed to 1481 (Entry No…
1835 CE
#1717
Kaiser Karl’s des Fünften Peinlich Gerichtsordnung … Hrsg. von R. Schmid.
CONSTITUTIO CRIMINALIS CAROLINA
The Constitutio Criminalis of the Emperor Charles V (circa 1533) is probably the oldest European document of any importance dealing with medical jurisprudence. It authorized judges to call expert witnesses in medico-l…
1863 CE
#1744
Klinische Novellen zur gerichtlichen Medizin.
1703 CE
#14121
L'art de faire les raports en chirurgie, où l'on ensiegne la pratique, les formules & le stile le plus en usage parmi les chirurgiens commis aux rapports; avec un extrait des arrest, statuts & reglemens faits en consequence.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link. (Thanks to Webb Dordick for this reference.)
1898 CE
#10497
L'art dentaire en médecine légale.
The first comprehensive text on forensic dentistry, dedicated by Amoëdo to his teacher, Brouardel. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1901 CE
#9904
L'Avortement
1908 CE
#13600
L'Honneur médical, manuel de déontologie élémentaire.
A treatise on medical ethics and the duties of the physician influenced by Christian religious beliefs. Translated into English by W.P. Grant as Medical etiquette (Handbook of elementary deontology). With a preface by…
1897 CE
#1752
L’infanticide.
1876 CE
#174
L’uomo delinquente, studiato in rapporto alla antropologia, alla medicina legale ed alle discipline carcerarie.
Lombroso inaugurated the doctrine of a “criminal type”. His systematic studies showed that in general the criminal population exhibits a higher percentage of physical, nervous and mental anomalies than the…
1684 CE
#1725
La doctrine des rapports de chirurgie, fondées sur les maximes d’usage et sur la disposition des nouvelles ordonnances.
De Blégny explained the obligation of surgeons to report any suspicion of crime, and explained how to prepare expert opinion for presentation before the court.
1894 CE
#13770
La faune des cadavres: Application de l'entomologie à la médecine légale.
Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.
1970 CE
#6485.4
La medicina Hipocrática.
1895 CE
#1751
La mort et la mort subite.
Brouardel was professor of forensic medicine, Paris. He was to a great extent responsible for the development of that subject in France; he instituted courses of practical instruction at the Paris morgue, and wrote se…
1897 CE
#1753
La pendaison, la strangulation, la suffocation, la submersion.
1908 CE
#12898
La photographie au laboratoire de médecine légale de l'Université de Nancy.
iIlustrated with 77 photographs, Bedin's work describes the methods and practices of forensic photography developed at Nancy between 1905 and 1908. The work is divided into two parts: The first part contains four chap…
1903 CE
#11132
La pratique des autopsies.
Considered the most beautiful book on autopsies. Digital facsimile from BnFgallica at this link.
1964 CE
#10358
La relación médico-enfermo: Historia y teoria.
A history of the doctor-patient relationship. Translated into English by Frances Partridge as Doctor and patient (London: Wiedenfeld & Nicolson, 1969). Digital facsimile of the Spanish edition from cervantes.virtual.c…
1997 CE
#9137
Law and the American health care system.
Second revised edition, 2012, with extensive discussion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
2004 CE
#10650
Laws of men and laws of nature: The history of scientific expert testimony in England and America.
Includes some references to early expert testimony and related in France.
2003 CE
#9601
Le piante medicinali dal Corpus Hippocraticum.
1821 CE–1823 CE
#13191
Leçons de médecine légale. 2 vols.
Vol. 1, illustrated with 22 plates, of which 7 were hand-colored, was issued in 1823. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1994 CE
#12036
Legal medicine in history. Edited by Michael Clark and Catherine Crawford.
1877 CE–1878 CE
#1749
Lehrbuch der gerichtlichen Medicin.
An important German work on the subject. Hofmann’s book went through many editions and was translated into several European languages.
1875 CE
#1748
Lehrbuch der gerichtlichen Psychopathologie.
1896 CE
#9905
Les asphyxies par les gaz, les vapeurs et les anesthésiques.
1897 CE
#9903
Les explosifs, les explosions au point de vue médico-légal.
1799 CE
#1734
Les lois éclairées par les sciences physiques, ou traité de médecine légale et hygiène publique. 3 vols.
This important publication was for many years the authoritative textbook on the subject in France.
1886 CE
#181
Les signalements anthropométriques.
Bertillon invented a method (“Bertillonage”) of identifying persons by means of selected measurements, the five following measurements being used as the basis of his system: head length, head breadth, leng…
1580 CE
#13731
Les statutz et ordonnances royalles faictes par les roys de France, sur l'estat de barbier-chirurgien part tout le royaume de France, et confirmé par le roy Henry III de ce nom, roy de France et de Pologne [Mai 1575-13 août 1578].
The first regulations for barber surgeons published in France. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb338125216
1810 CE
#1765
Letters on professional character and manners.
"A man of compassion, Bell made many enemies because he was outspoken about the unnecessary pain and suffering inflicted by incompetent surgeons practicing in Scotland. In 1800 he became involved in an unfortunate con…
2013 CE
#8001
Licensed to practice: The Supreme Court defines the American medical profession.
History of the 1889 Supreme Court case that legalized the licensing of physicians in the U.S. and the impact of that decision on the subsequent development of this nation's unique medical system.
1982 CE
#11328
Literature and medicine, vol. 1- . Edited by Anne Hudson Jones.
"Founded in 1982, Literature and Medicine is a peer-reviewed journal publishing scholarship that explores representational and cultural practices concerning health care and the body. Areas of interest include disease,…
1910 CE
#11729
Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes: A celebrated malpractice suit in Maine.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
2020 CE
#13128
Maimonides, commentary on Hippocrates’ aphorisms: a new parallel Arabic-English edition and translation, with critical editions of the medieval Hebrew translations by Gerrit Bos. 2 vols. (The Medical Works of Moses Maimonides, Vols. 14.1, 14.2.)
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"Hippocrates’ Aphorisms enjoyed great popularity in the ancient and medieval world and, according to Maimonides, it was Hippocrates’ most useful work as it contained aphorisms, which every physician should…
1993 CE
#7306
Man and mouse: Animals in medical research. Second edition.
1824 CE
#13408
Manuel médico-légal des poisons, précédé de considérations sur l'empoisonnement, des moyens de le constater, du résultat d'expériences faites sur l'acétate de morphine et les autres alcalis végétaux; suivi d'une méthode de traiter les morsures des animaux enragés et de la vipère; d'un précis sur la pustule maligne; des secours à donner aux personnes empoisonnées, noyées ou asphyxiées, etc. Rédigé sous les yeux de M. le Professeur Chaussier, par E. Montmahou.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1989 CE
#8452
Médecine et justice en Provence médiévale: Documents de Manosque, 1262-1348.
2006 CE
#8092
Medical apartheid: The dark history of medical experimentation on Black Americans from colonial times to the present.
1983 CE
#6623.5
Medical case book of Doctor Arthur Conan Doyle.
The first complete book on the medical aspects of the Sherlock Holmes stories as well as the non-fiction writings of Conan Doyle.
1884 CE
#10114
Medical education and the regulation of the practice of medicine in the United States and Canada. prepared by the Illinois State Board of Health, and published by permission of the board.
Rauch, Secretary of the Illinois State Board of Health, was responsible for compiling and publishing this detailed report. It was the most important and comprehensive summary of American, and Canadian medical educatio…
1883 CE
#8133
Medical ethics and etiquette. The code of ethics adopted by the American Medical Association, with commentaries by Austin Flint.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1985 CE
#8123
Medical ethics in antiquity: Philosophical perspectives on abortion and euthanasia.
1979 CE
#8128
Medical ethics in imperial China: A study in historical anthropology.
The first comprehensive history of explicity medical ethics in pre-modern China, spans the period from 500 BCE through the 19th century and provides literal translations of all accessible codes of ethics in the known …
2001 CE
#8124
Medical ethics in the ancient world.
1995 CE
#8129
Medical ethics in the Renaissance.
The first comprehensive examination of medical ethics in the Renaissance.
1803 CE
#1764
Medical ethics; or, a code of institutes and precepts, adapted to the professional conduct of physicians and surgeons. To which is added an appendix; containing a discourse on hospital duties ....
An incomplete version was first printed for private circulation, 1794. Two variants dated 1794 are known: One is dated February 24, 1794 on the "advertisement" at the end, the other is dated April 4, 1794 on a leaf at…
2016 CE
#8739
Medical ethics: Accounts of ground-breaking cases. 8th edition
1817 CE
#7108
Medical jurisprudence as it relates to insanity, according to the laws of England.
The first English work on the forensic aspects of mental illness. Digital facsimile from Wellcome Forensics Collection, Internet Archive, at this link.