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1. Introduction to Medical
jurisprudence
Presented by :- Ayush I. Sherekar
Volunteer at
Applied Forensic
Research Sciences

2. CONTENTS :
•INTRODUCTION
•HISTORY
•TERMINOLOGIES
INCLUDE
•SCOPE & NEED
•FORENSIC APPLICATIONS

3. INTRODUCTION...
MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE IS THE
BRANCH OF SCIENCE & MEDICINE IN
RELATION WITH THE APPLICATION OF
MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE AND LEGAL
SYSTEM.
•MEDICAL = RELATE TO MEDICINE
•JURISPRUDENCE = KNOWLEDGE OF LAW

4. •IN SYMPLE TERMS THE MEDICAL
JURISPRUDENCE ALSO CALLED AS
“MEDICO-LEGAL” ...
•MEDICOLEGAL IS THE TERM, WHICH
INCORPORATES THE BASICS OF TWO
PROFESSIONS I.E., MEDICINE AND LAW.
CONTINUE ...

5. HISTORY ...
• Song Ci (1186–1249) was probably the first forensic
scientist. He recorded all the known forensic
techniques at the time in his book known as the
Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified.
• Paul Zacchias was also one of the earliest figures of
medical jurisprudence, with association with the Papal
States and Catholic church...
• Zacchias was the personal physician as well as legal
adviser. His most well known book, Quaestiones
medico-legales (1621-1651) established legal medicine
as a topic of study.

6. TERMINOLOGY USE IN MEDICO-LEGAL ASPECTS :
• It is the profession of both legal &
medical systems & their knowledge.
• It is the system for the purpose of
conveying meaning specific to
interrelationships of medical & law.

7. CONTINUE ...
Some of the
terms used in
medico-legal
aspects are
shown here :
• Abandonment
• Assault
• Battery
• Breach
• Certification
• Civil Law
• Criminal Law
• Culpable
• Defendent
• Doctor
• Lawyer
• Judge
• Due Caution
• Due Diligence
• Due Process
• Duly
• Duty
• Physician
• Licensure
• Libel
• Litigation
• Proximal Cause, etc....

8. SCOPE & NEED ...
• The main scope of Medical Jurisprudence is to associate and
help the crime & criminal investigation and jury to ascertain the
mystery of unnatural death and other criminal offense such as
murder, rape, hanging, accidents, etc...
• Medical jurisprudence is concerned with a broad range of
medical, legal, and ethical issues, as well as human rights and
rights of individuals.
• The term Medical Jurisprudence plays an important role in
justice of human, finding exact cause of death of deceased person
by means of autopsy & different types of medico surgical
examinations, etc ...

9. FORENSIC APPLICATIONS ...
• Forensically it deals with the application of
scientific medical knowledge to the administration
of law, to the furthering of justice, and to the legal
relations of the medical practitioner.
• Forensically it addresses the physiology of dying,
the cause and time of death, and postdeath
phenomena.
• The key goal is to provide objective evidence of
cause, timing, and manner of death for
adjudication by the criminal justice system.

10. Q. Medical Jurisprudence properly embraces all questions
which effect the Civil or Social rights of individuals and
injuries to the person and bring the medical practitioner
into contact with ______.
A. PATIENT
C. HOSPITAL
B. COURT
D. LAW

11. Thank You ...