Severn _v._ Olive (_cost of experiments_).—Mr. Hargrave’s _notes on the legal time for human birth_.
_Report of the College of Physicians on a case of murder_, (Joseph Lane’s 1632).—_Case of_ Standsfield; _Report of the Surgeons of_ Edinburgh _on the same_; _Report of the College of Physician’s_ (Edinb.) _on the same_.—_Extract from the medical evidence in the case of_ Spencer Cowper, Esq.—_Extract from the evidence of_ Drs. Addington _and_ Lewis _in the case of_ Mary Blandy.—_Extracts from the medical evidence in the case of_ Donellan.—_Extracts from the medical evidence in the case of_ Donnall.—Eugene Aram’s _defence_.
_Introduction_—1. _Of Arson—Human Combustion._—2. _Of Rape, with Physiological and Medical Illustrations._—3. _Of Homicide generally._—4. _Of Real and Apparent Death._—5. _Of the Physiological Causes, and Phenomena of Sudden Death._—6. _Of Syncope._—7. _Of Suffocation by Drowning, Hanging, and other causes._—8. _Death by exposure to Cold—Heat—Lightning—Starvation._—9. _Application of the Physiological Facts, established in the preceding chapters, to the general treatment of Asphyxia._—10. _Of the Coroner’s Inquest._—11. _Suicide._—12. _Of Murder generally—by Wounding, or Blows—by Poisoning._—13. _Of Poisons, Chemically, Physiologically, and Pathologically considered._—14. _Of Homicide, by Misadventure or Accident._—15. _A Synopsis of the Objects of Inquiry in Cases of sudden and mysterious Sickness and Death,—Commentary thereon, including practical rules for Dissection._—16. _Abortion and Infanticide—with Physiological Illustrations._—17. _Of Criminal Responsibility, and Pleas in bar of Execution._—18. _Of Punishments._—19. _Postscript._
15. _A Synopsis of the Objects of Inquiry in Cases of sudden and mysterious Sickness and Death,_—_Commentary thereon, including practical rules for Dissection._—16. _Abortion and Infanticide,_—_with Physiological Illustrations._—17. _Of Criminal Responsibility, and Pleas in bar of Execution._—18. _Of Punishments._—19. _Postscript._
A SYNOPSIS OF THE OBJECTS OF INQUIRY IN CASES OF SUDDEN, AND MYSTERIOUS SICKNESS, AND DEATH.
THE PATIENT IS LIVING, AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED.
Account given by the patient and his friends.—How far their report deserves credit.—Whether there be any external injuries.—Previous state of the patient, with respect to bodily health and strength.—The age and occupation of the individual in question.—Season of the year.—Present symptoms of the patient; with the circumstances of their accession, progress, intensity, and duration.—Whether any similar attack has been experienced by himself at any previous period, or by any part of his family and friends at the present time; and whether the latter have felt any degree of nausea or uneasiness.—What remedies have been employed, by whom recommended, and by whom administered.—Nature of the food last taken as to quantity and quality.—Whether the patient had observed any unusual flavour, or grittiness in his food.—Condition and nature of the utensils in which it was cooked.—Appearance of the evacuations.