The Law in its relations to physiciansD. Appleton and Company, 1900 - 550 páginas |
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Página 443 - and shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than three months nor more than one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment 2 RS, 694, § 21. " It is a well-settled rule of law that a person
Página 470 - A person duly authorized to practise physic or surgery shall not be allowed to disclose any information which he acquired in attending a patient in a professional capacity, and which was necessary to enable him to act in that capacity.
Página 89 - very nice one. Section four of the English Statute of Frauds provides, among other things, that " no action shall be brought whereby ... to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person . . . unless the agreement upon which such action
Página 89 - action shall be brought whereby ... to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person . . . unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing and signed by the party to be charged therewith." This section of the statute has been re-enacted, •with certain unimportant modifications, throughout
Página 191 - shall not be allowed to disclose any information which he acquired in attending a patient in a professional capacity and which was necessary to enable him to act in that capacity.
Página 23 - Moreover, the supreme court of Nebraska, in a wellconsidered opinion rendered in 1894, held that a Christian Scientist, in the exercise of his practice, came within the statute which provides that any person shall be considered as practising medicine "who shall operate on, profess to heal, or prescribe for, or otherwise treat any physical or mental ailment of another.
Página 430 - a situation so solemn and so awful is considered by the law as creating an obligation equal to that which is imposed by a positive oath in a court of justice.*
Página 411 - If any person, with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman, shall unlawfully administer to her any poison, drug, or substance whatsoever, or shall unlawfully use any instrument, or other means whatsoever, with
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Página 254 - high degree of art and skill possessed by eminent surgeons practising in large cities, and making a specialty of the practice of surgery. He is not responsible for want of success, unless it is proved to result from want of ordinary care and attention, and then only to the extent of the injury caused by his want of skill and