An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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ELWELL, John Johnson

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A medico-legal treatise on malpractice and medical evidence, comprising the elements of medical jurisprudence.

New York: John A. Voorhies, 1860.

The first treatise on malpractice published in the United States and the first book to provide observations on the physician as an expert witness in malpractice cases. Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.



Subjects: LAW and Medicine & the Life Sciences, LAW and Medicine & the Life Sciences › Malpractice