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De la Mort et de ses Charactères
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Kesteven, William H. |
| Copyright Year | 1855 |
| Abstract | here three elaborate works recently published in France, each of which has its independently distinctive features; while of the solitary essay that has emanated from the British press, it cannot be said that its author has done more than reproduce, in a popular form, what has been already written by others. In an admirable article which appeared in the ' Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology,' twenty years ago, the author, Dr. Symonds, quoted from two British, and at least a dozen foreign, medico-legal writers. In the bibliography appended to one of the treatises now before us, we count only four English names among the number of forty-seven authors who have treated of the signs of death. It cannot, however, be denied, that much of the material so abundantly produced has consisted of a repetition of the same facts, and, often enough, of the same falsehoods; for in some of these authors there is apparent a credulity equal to every story of live-death that ever was invented by the most incorrigible horrormonger. The object, however, of the essays now under consideration, has |
| Starting Page | 71 |
| Ending Page | 77 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| PubMed reference number | 30164339 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 15 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/20/3e/brforeignmcrev72693-0077.PMC5184313.pdf |
| Journal | The British and foreign medico-chirurgical review |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
