MEDJUR NOTES

Meeting 1:

Medical-> shalom-> whole

Purpose of MedJur: to find out the truth evidence! render justice!

LEGAL BASES FOR THE STUDY OF LEGAL MEDICINE

RA 2382(Medical Act of 1959)
Section 5 of ERule 138 (Attorneys and Admission to the Bar)

History of Legal Medicine

started in China as early as 3000 BC poisons including opium and
arsenic! to determine the cause of death kc fav way to of killing royalties
parang Empress Ki ampota ok Curse of the Golden Flower kasi Intsik
Babylon Code of Hammurabi bes [[mata sa mata molar sa molar]
o Civil and criminal liability in medical malptractice
o Fixing of medical fees
o Incest adultery (paternity)
o Rape
Egypt 1700 [[I assume BC to before the Ptolemaic era dont mind me]
o Regulated the practice of medicine -> mga priest (levels ni Seth sa
YGO plezzz) determined dizzz
o Poisons
o Classified stab wounds
o Medical determination of cause of death
Roman Empire
o Law on caesarean operation
o Investigators of murder were selected from the citizenry
Greece 460 BC Hippocrates et al.
o Daddy of western medicine oath person
o Relative fatality of wounds in different parts of the body
o Average duration pregnancy
o Viability of children born before full term etc.
o Roe v. Wade
o abortion legal before 3rd trisem so u can abort before 6 months
Justinian Code: 529 AD- 534 AD
o Use of medical experts
o Assist the judiciart by impartial chcuhu, aprang amicus
Yuan Dynasty1236 ad
o Washing away of wrongs- Collected cases of injustice rectified by Song
Ci [pwedeng title ng fanfic bes]
procedure for investigating suspicious deaths
systematic examination of every corpse
difficulties cause by decomposition
determining cause of wounds
 deaths by strangulation or drowning
forensic entomology
ante- and postmortem burning
o Pacification by the Redressing of Wrongs Zhao yiozhai -> treatise on
forensics
o A record of no wrongs by Wang Yu
Basis of forensic medicine in Korea and Japan
o These 3 treatises are compiled into one megabook ung bible ng
inquest officers three treatises chrenez
Alemanya -> 1553 AD
o Caroline Code
Italy Fortunato Fedle publisehed a docu on
o pAOLA zACCHIAS Questiones Medicina Legales
questions of age, resemblance ng kid s parent
dementia, impotence, poisoming
feigned diseases, miracles, rape, mutilation
Germany ulit
o Prof Michiaelis delivered lectures on legal medicine in 1650
o Professorships concerning the subject were founded by the state in
17209
England 1788 first book established on legal medicine
France Since 1803, judges appointed medical exports
United States
o In 1867, the Medico-legal Society was organized in New York concrete
jungle
o In 1877, Harvard U established a separate professorship in legal
medicine
Philippines~~~~~
o In 1960, UP offered Legal Medicine
SCOPE
o Anatomy
o Biometrics
o DNA
o Reproduction
o Virginity and Rape
o Child Abuse
o Sexuality
o Insanity and Psychological incapacity
o Mygadd Ih8 drugsss, poisons and toxic substances
o Medical negligence
o Medical ethics
o Death and dying

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
 ability to identify basic human anatomical locations and use anatomical
directional terms and planes when presenting medico-legal evid
be able to use and apply basic medical terms and descriptions inr elation to
analysis and presentation of medical evidences
analyze and interpret medical data and deeric reaonalbe legal conclusions
udnerstnd leading cases
understand relevant basic and special laws pertaining to legal medicine [e.g.
breastfeeding]
be familiar with common legal forms
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MODULE 1
Ventral, Dorsal neck down only
Large jawbone- lalaki ur maleness or femaleness is a function of ur hormones

Dorsal of the head -> bale ung superior

Rostral
Caudalgoing to the end (tail)
Mental protuberance- chinvone
Sagittal side
Kaya hanging ung 11th and 12th ribs for fleixxibility at wla naman kasing
proprotektahan