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Medico-Legal Considerations Of Trauma And Other External Influences In Relationship To Cancer, William O. Russell, R. Lee Clark Jr. Jun 1953

Medico-Legal Considerations Of Trauma And Other External Influences In Relationship To Cancer, William O. Russell, R. Lee Clark Jr.

Vanderbilt Law Review

Cancer is the term used by physicians and laymen to describe a common malignant disease of man and animal. It occurs in nearly as many different forms as there are types of tissue in the body. Each cancer type usually has its own biological behavior which may vary remarkably in different persons. In the United States, cancer is the second leading cause of death.' At the present time, more money is being spent for research, diagnosis and treatment of cancer than for any other single disease. There are sixteen medical journals publishing articles related solely to neoplastic disease and five …


Medico-Legal Aspects Of The Nervous System As A Functioning Unit Of The Body, F. Keith Bradford, Hubert W. Smith Jun 1953

Medico-Legal Aspects Of The Nervous System As A Functioning Unit Of The Body, F. Keith Bradford, Hubert W. Smith

Vanderbilt Law Review

We have had the pleasure of working together in recent years on Law-Science problems. During that time we have become increasingly convinced that it is necessary for trial lawyer and scientist alike to think of the human being in terms of the nine main organ systems,'reserving a tenth category for the field of personality as the latter represents a synthesis of component structures and functions into variable reaction and behavior patterns. An injury or disability may involve impairment or destruction of an an atomic member or of physiological function; it may involve effects on personality, or psychic values, alone, without …