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ABOUT THE BOOK:- This book has been written primarily for the medical students, medical officers and lawyers, especially those dealing with medico-legal problems. A Registered Medical Practitioner should have sufficient knowledge of laws & ethical aspects of Good Medical Practice, in order not to conflict with it during his/her professional practice. For that he/she ought to be familiar with various Acts, Rules & Regulations that are in force or else he/she may find himself/herself inadvertently contravening these & courting trouble & also amounting to professional misconduct attracting disciplinary action by the authorities. For that reason, provision of laws relating to medical practice in undergraduate/graduate curriculum should be seriously considered. Medical jurisprudence benefits immensely both the medical and the legal field of work. A better understanding and cooperation has resulted and has facilitated a smoother working of both disciplines. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- Dr. P.S. Kapoor, MBBS, MS, PCMS (Ex) is Senior Consultant Trauma and Orthopedics at Chandigarh Surgical Centre, Chandigarh. He has more than forty years of Clinical, Professional, Administrative and Teaching (Academic) Experience. He was Chief Consultant and Head of Department of Orthopedics at Derna, Libya; besides teaching Doctors and Nurses. He was Senior Consultant Orthopedics at Fortis Heart & Multispecialty Hospital, Mohali. He was Surgical Specialist ESI Hospital Ludhiana. He was Staff Grade Orthopedics at Darlington Memorial & Bishop Auckland Hospitals, UK, under HSMP Visa Holder. He has authored medical text book “ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY”. Along with many important Medical Articles (Press), he also authored another medical text book “TRAUMA & ORTHOPEDICS”, which is currently under publication. CONTENTS:- Preface .13 Acknowledgement .15 Abbreviation .17 1. INTRODUCTION . 25 • MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE (SYN. FORENSIC/OR LEGAL MEDICINE). PART - I FORENSIC MEDICINE 2. MEDICAL ABERRATIONS . 39 • MEDICAL ABERRATIONS • DEATH • POST-MORTEM (PM CALORICITY) • CADAVERIC LIVIDITY (PM STAINING) • PUTREFACTION (DECOMPOSITION) • MEDICOLEGAL WOUNDS • MECHANICAL INJURIES • REGIONAL INJURIES • SCALP WOUNDS • SEXUAL AND ALLIED PROBLEMS • SEXUAL PERVERSIONS (DEVIATIONS) • INDUCED ABORTION • CRIMINAL (SEPTIC) ABORTION • ACCUTE DEPRESSION • ACUTE MANIA • ACUTE SCHIZOPHRENIA • EPILEPTIC (SEIZURE) INSANITY • CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY • ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME (OBS) • ILLUSION • NEUROSES. 3. TOXICOLOGY . 173 • POISONS OR TOXINS • IRRITANTS (CHEMICALS) POISONING: • CARBOLIC ACID (PHENOL) POISONING • COPPER SULFATE (BLUE VITRIOL) POISONING • ARSENIC POISONING • MERCURY POISONING • ACUTE MERCURY POISONING • CHRONIC MERCURY POISONING • PHOSPHORUS (ELEMENTAL) POISONING • KEROSINE POISONING • MARKING NUTS (SEMECARPUS ANACARDIUM) POISONING • WHITE OLEANDER (NERIUM ODORUM) POISONING • YELLOW OLEANDER (CERBERA THEVETIA) POISONING • STIMULANT EXPECTORANTS • TURPENTINE OIL (SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE) POISONING • GLASS POWDER POISONING • DIAMOND POISONING • PINS/NEEDLES/THORNS POISONING • IRON POISONING • SCORPION POISONING • SPIDER POISONING • WASP, BEE-STING POISONING • CATERPILLAR POISONING • BARBITURATES POISONING: DESCRIBED UNDER HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES • CHLOROFORM POISONING • NITROUS OXIDE (LAUGHING GAS) POISONING • CYCLOPROPANE POISONING • NARCOTICS (NATURAL AND SEMISYNTHETIC ALKALOIDS) • OPIUM POISONING • MORPHINE POISONING • ACUTE MORPHINE POISONING • NARCOTICS (SYNTHETIC) • MEPERIDINE (PETHIDINE) POISONING • NONNARCOTICS (ANALGESICS AND ANTIPYRETICS) • ACETAMINOPHEN (PARACETAMOL) POISONING • COLCHICINE POISONING • ACETANILID POISONING • ANILINE POISONING • NSAIDS POISONING • QUININE AND CINCHONA ALKALOIDS POISONING • TRAMADOL POISONING • FENTANYL POISONING • HYPNOTICS (INEBRIENTS) • ACUTE ALCOHOL (ETHYL) POISONING (INTOXICATION) • METHYL ALCOHOL (SYN. METHANOL, MACHINERY SPIRIT) POISONING • HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES • BARBITURATES POISONING • CHLORAL HYDRATE POISONING • BROMIDE POISONING • PARALDEHYDE POISONING • MARIHUANA (CANNABIS) POISONING • SEDATIVES AND TRANQUILLISERS • CCNTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS) STIMULANTS • STRYCHNINE POISONING • CAFFEINE POISONING • AMINOPHYLLINE POISONING • DRUGS ACTING ON AUTONOMIC EFFECTOR CELLS • DRUGS STIMULATING STRUCTURES INNERVATED BY CHOLINERGIC NERVES (PARASYMPATHO-MIMETICS) • PILOCARPINE POISONING • MUSHROOMS (MUSCARINE) POISONING • DRUGS STIMULATING STRUCTURES INNERVATED BY ADRENERGIC NERVES (SYN. SYMPATHOMIMETICS, PSYCHOTOMIMETICS) • PSYCHOTOMIMETIC AGENTS POISONING • PSYCHEDELICS (HALLUCINOGENICS) ABUSE • MARIHUANA ABUSE • AUTONOMIC BLOCKING AGENTS • DRUGS INHIBITING STRUCTURES INNERVATED BY POSTGANGLIONIC CHOLINERGIC NERVES • BELLADONNA ALKALOIDS POISONING • ATROPINE POISONING • SCOPOLAMINE (HYOSCINE) POISONING • DRUGS INHIBITING STRUCTURES INNERVATED BY ADRENERGIC NERVES (ADRENERGIC BLOCKING AGENTS) • ERGOT ALKALOIDS POISONING (ERGOTISM) • LYSERGIC ACID-DIETHYLAMIDE (LSD) POISONING • DRUGS INHIBITING SKELETAL MUSCLES AND AUTONOMIC GANGLIA (SKELETAL MUSCLES AND AUTONOMIC GANGLIA INHIBITORS) • NOXIOUS GASES AND VAPORS (INHALENTS) • CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) POISONING • CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) POISONING • SEWER GAS POISONING • HYDROCYANIC (PRUSSIC ACID) POISONING • CYANIDE POISONING • HYDROGEN SULFIDE POISONING • LOCAL ANESTHETICS • COCAINE POISONING • LIGNOCAINE (SYN. LIDOCAINE, XYLOCAINE) POISONING • DIGITALIS AND ALLIED CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES • DIGITALIS POISONING • ANTICOAGULANTS POISONING • CYTOTOXIC DRUGS POISONING • ALKYLATING AGENTS POISONING • ANTIMETABOLITES POISONING • ANTI HORMONAL AGENTS POISONING • VINCA ALKALOIDS POISONING • ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTICS POISONING • EOUS POISONING • DETERGENTS POISONING: • DISINFECTANTS AND GERMICIDES POISONING: • FORMALDEHYDE POISONING • IODINE POISONING • BORIC ACID POISONING • INSECTICIDES AND ARACHNICIDES (PESTICIDES) POISONING • CHLOROPHENOTHANE (DDT) POISONING • PHOSPHATES (ORGANIC) POISONING • RODENTICIDES POISONING • BARIUM POISONING • FLUOROACETATE POISONING • ANTHELMINTICS POISONING • CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING • ASPIDIUM (MALE-FERN) POISONING • AMEBICIDAL AGENTS POISONING • EMETINE POISONING • INDUSTRIAL POISONING • HEAVY METALS POISONING • CADMIUM POISONING • MANGANESE POISONING • ZINC POISONING • GOLD POISONING • SILVER POISONING • BISMUTH POISONING • THALLIUM POISONING • BERYLLIUM POISONING • PAINT THINNER POISONING • HOUSEHOLD POISONING • FOOD POISONING • REFERENCES. PART - II MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE 4. LEGAL PROCEDURES . 343 • LEGAL (CRIMINAL) PROCEDURES • JUDICIAL INQUEST (JI) • POLICE INQUEST (PI) • EXHUMATION • POST- MORTEM (PM) EXAMINATION • SUMMEN • OATH TAKING (OT) • EVIDENCE RECORDING (ER) • DYING DECLARATION (DD) • DYING DEPOSITION • IDENTITY • POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION (AUTOPSY) • REFERENCES • VIRTUAL AUTOPSY. 5. LEGAL SYSTEM. 367 • THE INDIAN LEGAL SYSTEM • CONSTITUTION • CONSTITUTION AND LAW COURTS • ATTORNEY GENERAL • SUPREME COURT ADVOCATES • DELHI HIGH COURT • DISTRICT COURTS OF INDIA • DISTRICT COURTS OF DELHI • PATIALA HOUSE COURTS • ROHINI COURTS • DWARKA COURTS • SAKET COURTS • KARKARDOOMA COURTS COMPLEX • DISTRICT COURTS OF MAHARASHTRA STATE • DISTRICT COURTS • ENACTMENT OF LAWS • APPLICABILITY OF LAWS • THE UK LEGAL SYSTEM • HISTORY AND CONSTITUTION • COURT SYSTEM • THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL AND CRIMINAL DIVISION) IN ENGLAND AND WALES • THE USA LEGAL SYSTEM • FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM • THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES • DISTRICT (TRIAL) COURTS • THE STATE COURT SYSTEM • ARTICLE I COURTS • RULES AND POLICIES • CIVIL CASES/CRIMINAL CASES/BANKRUPTCY CASES/ THE APPEALS PROCESS • BANKRUPTCY CASES • PETIT (TRIAL) JURY • GRAND JURY • REFERENCES • CANADA’S COURT SYSTEM • CANADA’S COURT SYSTEM • SUPREME COURT OF CANADA • INFERIOR-LEVEL COURTS OF THE PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES (INFERIOR COURTS) • SUPERIORLEVEL COURTS OF THE PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES (SUPERIOR COURTS) • FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA • FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL • TAX COURT OF CANADA • MILITARY COURTS • COURT MARTIAL APPEAL COURT OF CANADA • SUMMARY TRIALS • TRIBUNALS • AUSTRALIAN LEGAL SYSTEM • COMMONWEALTH COURTS • SUPREME COURTS OF STATE AND TERRITORY • HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA • FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA • FEDERAL MAGISTRATES COURT • INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COURT OF AUSTRALIA • STATE AND TERRITORY COURTS • REFERENCES • EUROPEAN COURT SYSTEM • EUROPEAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM • INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL SYSTEM • NATIONAL JUDICIAL SYSTEM • EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE (ECJ) • ADVOCATE GENERAL • ECJ–QUASI CONSTITUTIONAL COURT • ECJ – RULES AND ACTIONS • ECJ - PRELIMINARY RULINGS • IMPORTANCE OF PRELIMINARY RULINGS • DIRECT ACTIONS • ECJ’S PROCEDURE • ECJ’S CHALLENGES • COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (CFI) • CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (CST) • JUDICIAL METHOD AND ANALYSIS OF THE JUDGMENTS • PROCEDURE BEFORE THE ECJ DIRECT ACTIONS • ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS • EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS (ECHR) • PRESIDENTS OF ECJ (TABLE 5.5) • INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL SYSTEM • INTERNATIONAL COURTS • AD HOC TRIBUNALS • INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE • INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (COUR PENALE INTERNATIONALE). 6. OFFENCES AND PENALTIES . 455 • OFFENCES • ABETMENT TO SUICIDE (DECRIMINALISE SUICIDE ATTEMPTS) • ACID ATTACKS TRAUMA • AGONY OF SENIOR CITIZENS • ALCOHOL ABUSE • CHILD ABUSE/VULNERABLE CHILDHOOD/NO COUNTRY FOR CHILDREN • DOMESTIC VIOLENCE • DOPING • DOWRY PROHIBITION ACT • DRUG ABUSE • ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION (MEDICO-LEGAL ASPECT) • EUTHANASIA (MERCY KILLING) • ARGUMENTS FAVOURING EUTHANASIA • FACTORS OPPOSING EUTHANASIA • ARGUMENTS OPPOSING EUTHANASIA • EVETEASING • HOMICIDE, ABORTION AND RELATED OFFENCES • INDIA • USA • ATRICLE 125 • HONOUR KILLING • MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE • CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE • MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY (MTP) • CRITIQUE OF MTP ACT • MENTAL RETARDATION (MENTAL DEFECT) AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES • MORAL TURPITUDE • PRE-NATAL SEX DETERMINATION TESTS (PNDT) ACT • SEXUAL OFFENCES (OFFENCES AND PENALTY) • SEXUAL OFFENCES IN INDIA • ADULTERY • RAPE • CHILD SEX OFFENCES • CHILD ABUSE/VULNERABLE CHILDHOOD/NO COUNTRY FOR CHILDREN • SEXUAL OFFENCES