Book excerpt: Excerpt from d104-Book of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Vol. 1 Medico-leg'al duties. Regard to the various medico legal duties of a practitioner and expert, detailed information will be given in the various sections of this work; but here it will be as well that advice should be given upon the following general points. 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.