Book excerpt: Excerpt from Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Vol. 1 The term state medicine, which is sometimes erroneously used as synonymous with forensic medicine, properly applies to a more extended field Of medical inquiry; t.e., to all applica tions Of medical knowledge to the public welfare. State medi cine, therefore, while excluding medical jurisprudence, includes, besides forensic medicine, public hygiene, medical ethics, med ical education, and military and naval medicine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.