Punjab Medical Manual

First edition 1910

Second edition 1934

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Printed at the
Civil & Military Gazette Press, Lahore

By
Samuel T Weston

Front matte r

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P reface

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I ndex

1-xxu

Chapter l. C ivil M ed ical E st ablish ment and Appoi nt ments

1- 50

Chapter II. Gompou nd'ers

5 1-55

Chapt er I ll_ Hakim and Baids

56-57

Chapter IV _ Hosp1tal5 and Oi5pensaries

s.B--75

Ch apter V . D utie s

76-88

Chapt er V I . Medical A ttend ance and F ees

89--102

Chapter VI I. Med1cal Boards and Cert1f1cat es

103.-106

Chapt er V I II. Reg ist ers, Report5 and Ret urns

107-112

C hapter IX . S a nitary

113-131

Chapter X _ P ost- Mortem and Med1co--Lega l Exam i n.at1ons

132- 140

Chapter X I_ Lunatics

141 - 14 5

C hapter X U. General

1 46-149

Appendic&S

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CHAPTER X.
PosT-MORTEM

AND

MEDICO-LEGAL

EXAM.INAT IONS.

559. The following are the instructions. regard- C!llef Court

ing the conduct of po.~t-1norte1n and med1co-legal Can., c~apter
and . examinations and references to the
Chemical Ex- ~XX<'It\?nVoL
exam ammer.
II, 1804.'

regard
"'no1u"vof

ao~rior
560. The procetding:; tho.t ordinarily precede
exaiDi post-n1ortem, and other medico-legal examinations,

namely, the local investigation by the police and tlw

transmission of the person, body or articles, with a
report, to the civil surgeon or other medical officer
ap}Jointcd in this behalf by the Local Governmc.>nt,
under sect ion 174 of the Code of Cri inal Procedure,
arc pro,idcd for by chapter 2S of the Police Rules,
which, for the sake of easy refe1~nce, is given
Appendix XXXI.
ty of medical
561. 'rhe attention of medical officers is invited
nation being to the extreme importance attaching to post-mortem
~and
and other medico-legal examinations, and to the neces1
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sity of their being as thorough, searching and complete as possible, and to the desirability of a speedy
return being made to all requisitions for examination.
562. Headings for a medical report after a postfJUW'Iem examination are given in Appendix XXXII,
not as necessitating a tabular statement in reply
to every question, but as indicating the points which
medical examination ought to clear up, and the
amount of information as to collateral circumstances
which it ought to afford.
563. The rules issued by the Bombay Govern
ment, for the guidance of medical officers in con
ducting post-morlem examinations and examining
wounded persons, are detailed in Appendix XXXIII.

564. In the case

~for &

per-

of exhumed bodies

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bodies in
a state of decomposition, as complete an examination
lanotory enmtna.
as
the circumstances of the case demand must be made,
tioa.
and the distastefulness of the task cannot be accepted
as an excuse for the perfunctQry discharge of so
imporlant a duty.
~mpoeit.iOD DO

565. (1) The questions

be determi-ned by a
J'Oit-morlem examination vary in dift'erent cases, and
the possibility of determining rhem efi'ectually is not
in every case equally dependont on the stage which
the process of putrefaction has reached.
to

Ditto.

Ditto.

Ditto.

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(2) Thus, in deatli from drow:rll.ng: strangulation

and various diseases, q uestions respecting tbe
appearances of ftesh tissues and the amo!lnt of blood
in parts require to be considered, and these can only
be determined soon after death, and before putrefac
tion has made much progress.

(8) Bot it would be quite possible to determine the

existence or absence of a wound or severe bruises of
soft parts, oven if decomposition were considerably
advanced ; and injuries of bones, pregnancy, presence
of foreign bodies, metallic poisoning, and ~om'l profound organic disoases, are ascertainable Jon~ after
deaths.
When pou-morlnra
enminationa are
~bUgatory.

Emamation of
bodiee.

566. In each ca~ the circumstances, so far a a Chief Cu~

they _.re known, respecting t.he death and the dis880 ~
covery of the body, which are communicated by th@ XxXxV
police, will enable the medical officer to form an opi Vol. n, 1
nion as to whether it would be possible by a po~tmortem examination to throw any light on the cause
of death ; and wherever such possibility ()Xists, or
whenever .nothing is known, it is his duty to make as
fuJI an examination as possible.

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567. Similar considerations should guide a

. magistrate in determining the propriety or other
wise of exerting the power given him by law of
ordering the exhumation of a body. In ce.ses of
doubt the magistre.te should, if possible, consult
a .medical officer before pe.ssing such an order.

Medi~ repOrt aftet

568. (l) The medical officer having completed his
"zamiDAtion.
examination of the person, body, or article sent,

should record in full the result arrived at, and,

in cases of a post-mortem examination, his opinion as
to the cause of death.
(2) He should further state whether he intends to
send anything to the Chemical Examiner, and, if so,
what. The report should be either written on the
back of or attached to the police. letter forwarding
ihe person or body or article for examination, and
should contain such reference to it as to leave no
room for questions as to the caae to which the re
mar~ apply.
(8) This report will be placed with the police file
of the case, and may be used by the .medical otlicer
to refre$ ~ memory at the time of his giving evi
deneP.

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(4) In cases in which the medical officer sends

anything to the Chemical Examiner, a copy of his
eta tement or post-11&0f'tem repon should be sent witb
b.lS report to the police.
569. The question as to whether any, and, if so Ch1e! Coa.rt
what, a.rtici(ls should be sent for chemical analysis, and
c:~~P
the transmission of such articles to the Chemical Exa- n~~~Vol
miner will rest ordinarily with f.he medicaJ officer (osu- II, lfl94.
ally the civil surgeon), who should, however, attend to

nny requiqition made by the magistrate or the police in

this matter.
Ja~ ~tho
570. In cases wherf:' human subjects are not
Ditto.
~ mY correa- concerned, tho police may send articles to, and corpood direct.
,
respond dir"ct with, t.hc Chemical Examin~r.
JIJPtr&les at
571. (1) All magistrates are at liberty to forward
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any articll~s connected with any criminal caso before
Eltamirer. then1 to the Ch~mical Examiner, but the desirability
of their consulting the civil surgeon or other medical
officer before doing so is obvious.
(2) Everyf.h ing upon which the Chemical Examiner's opinion is necessary should be fon,ard~d
to him with the least possible delay.
CJeDera1 remarks
572. On the subject of the Chemical Examiner'8
Ditto.
cm Cbemiea.l E:~:a'?li- work in India, the careful attention of magistrates
.-' work m India. medical officers and the police is directed to the .. Statement of the conditions of medico-legal inquiry in
India as compared with such inquiry in England,"
prepared by the Chemical Examiner for the ~onjab
and ghen in Appendix XXX VII.

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O.mical F.:un1iner
573. Whenever any article is !J8Dt to the Chek) ~ fur::i~~~ wi~h mica I Examiner, whether by a
magistrate, medical
fullJnformaton
1n
ffi
b
li

h
ld
J
d by. a
.n CUM referred o cer or t e po ce, 1t s oc
Je accompame
. to him.
statement containing all possible information that

may serve to guide the Chemical Rxaminer in his

investigation ; and the instruction as to weighing,
packing and sealing, prescribed for mP.dical officers
in poisoning cases, and contained in paragraphs
576--686 inclusive must, so far as they are appli
cable, be followed.
574. ln cases of poisoning, where there has
'll*rial raJee for
pid&noe of medical been a po.~t-17l0f1etn examinat-ion, and reference is made
olioerein ouee
to t.he Chemic4l Examiner: a detailed account of
of poia:HUDg where
the sym~oms, po$f_:1110Ttein appearances, and trpat
there b&.~ been a
JIOIImorlftll eumi- m.Plt!if any), and a sommag_~f any evi<f~J)9e ..~ring
ution.
on t e mode of &ljJD.inistration ol.the poison, and the
interval at which the symptoms appeared after the
aupposeCl poison0111 substance was t&ien, sbould be

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Ditto...

sent by the medical officer conductirig-tb"e' ioSi.marte-m. .

examination. F"or this purpos~ the form of posi-ml')rtem report given in Appendix XXXVIII will take
the place ot the statemont ref~red to in the preceding pa.ragra.ph.
WhAt to be t.raus.
575. !n all such cases the stomach should bo
. ~a::nillg tied at both ends and removed from the body, so

that its contents mav be retained. After removal it

should be opt?'ned, th~ contents received into a. per- II,
fectly clean bottle, and the mucous surface of tho
stomach carefully examined, its appearance noted,
and any suspicious pa.rticles found adhf'!ent therato
should be picked off with forct?'ps and placed in a FJepa.rate packet for transmission.
A. portion of liver to
576. A portion of the liver, not lesa tha.n 1 6
be
eeot
in
caaee
of
. metallic poieoDiDg. ounces if poss1"ble, should b e s~nt in a Jl cases o f dea.th
A.lao food, &c.
from supposed metallic poisoning; and in cases where
it is suspected that dltaturtL or other vegetable poison
ha.s been the cause of death the contents of the small
intestines: should likewise be forwarded. Suspected
-food, drink and drugs, and any l"omited matter,
should also hA forwarded.
Jlodeofpacki.Dg .
for tnmmw ..

:!clel

m.

All artioles should be forwarded in Ae-pa

rate bottiPS, tl:e stomach in one, its contents in another, the liver in a third, dry partioole.rs in small

Dtttll

phials ; and when an articles liable to docom osition

are sept, they s -~-_J!_WP.J:!, '!h~~er the__~.~~on ,.e
h.o~ _orcold:
~~~~~ ~etbzlated spir~t~ ofwiQ,
which ih-oula be used in ilie proportiOn of one third
of the bulk of the article. The cork of each bottle
mould be tied down and sealed, and each bottle should
be nnmberEd. To ascertain tha.t it has been securely
closed, the bottle should be placed for some minutes
with its mouth doWD.

be

.&rtiolea to.bt
'Weighed.

Bo"lee to pedled
iD boz.

m.

Thtt wei~ht of 88ch article sent, and

where the portion of an organ is sent, the weight of
the whole organ, as well as of the part sent, and, in
the case of fluids, the total quantity of thA fluid and
the quantity s.ent, should be stated on a ticket attached
to the bottle, an~ also in the letter of invoice prescu1h~ .~n paragraph 586.

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579. The several bottles containing the articlea

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sent should be enclosed in a tin or wooden box, which

should. be large enough to allow of a layer of raw
cotton, at least three-fourths of an inch thick, being put
between the bottle &nd the box ; the box should be
. securely fasteneci and covered with wax-cloth.

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580. . In cases_ w.l!e~~

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any of the C9~f~~~

bottles llllgh t pr~ve offcnah'a~ -~h~ box; lira8f~l1t~tm
and Macdougall s powder or cln~rCQal-~cl..:"~e
dusted between the box and wax-cloth. ....

581. All articles, on being put up by the forwarding officer and sealed and numbered by him
fOr-ard should be packed in his pres~nce and under his immediate supervision, and the package shonld then be
sealed by him, in accordance with the usual roles of
the post office as to parcels, .in such o. manner that
it cannot be opened without destroying t.he se-al. The
seal used should be a privat.c- seal, and the sn.me
throughout..
i& '*kod

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XXXIV. VoL

n; Ul94.

Ditto.

582. ln order t.o minimist: the chances of parcels P.G.~o. 331

heing lost in transit. hctwccn th~ offi~e of the' Cht"' (Judi. and
rnical Examiner and the r~ilway station of I1abore, ~-~
all articiPs for medico-legal oxamination should be 1899. IU'C
sent by post as far as tb e post office rul~s allow of this

being done.
oions und~r
human VIscera
583. The following rulPs prescribing the COD G. I. F. and
eeent. by poet. ditions subiect to which human and other ,;isoera c. D., No.
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46'14.8. R.,
may be transmitted by post to Chem~cal Exam1ners dated.lStb
for analysis, should he carefully obser,pd : Oatober 1899
1. The suspected viscus or other material to be
sent for ~xamination shall he enclosed
in a glass hottlc or jar, fittf'd with a stop
per or sound oork.
2. Great care shall be taken that the ~topper or
cork of the bottle fits tightly. This precaution is especially nec~ry when
alcohol is used as a preservative; in so:eh
cases a ring of bees' wax or candle-wax
shall be placed round the lip of the bottle
so as to cover the shoulder of th~ stopper.
The stopper shall be carefully fastened
down with bladder or leather and sealed.
S. The glass bottle or jar shall th('n bo placed in
a strong wooden or tin box:, which shall be
large enough to allow of a layer of raw
cotton, at least three-fourths of an inch
thick, being placed between the bottle or
jar and the box.
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4. The box itself shall be encased in cloth,
which shall be securely closed and sealed.
'fhe seals shall be at intervals not exceeding three inches along each seam. All
the spa]s shall be of the same kind of wax
and shall bear di~tin~t impressions of the
&o bo sent.

ben

datf

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same dovice~ The device shall not be

that of ~ current coin or merely a series
of straight, curved or crossed lines.
Forwarding officers will be held personally o. r.;
responsible tho.t theso ~st.ructions are carefully fol- Cir.}i
lowed. The parcel should invariably be sent to the 1880.:
post offieo by the forwarding officer and not by a.
subordinate. A declaration of contents to the postti 1
department is unnecessary, and should not be mode.

584.

BeepoD81'bfiity of

forwarding officer.

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585. In all cases of

of articlfs to Chief~
the Chemical' Exa.miner, whether by a magistrate, Cint. c
medical offic_er or tLc police, a letter of inYoice, gil"ing a full description of the articles sent, should be n. lst
despatched by post, t.ogother \lith the statement or
. post-mortem report. A duplicate or tho invoice sboald
also be placed betwc<'n the wax-cloth and the box to
accompany the package. Both copies of the invoice
should bo stamped with an impression of the seal
referred to in paragraph 581.

Letter of invoice.

tran~mis~:ion

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The Chemical Examin~r should ho requ~sted to

return, if possihle, any article sont to him for exami
nation which is likely to be required at the trial.
Pacbgee to be

Fomi of Che-mical
Exminer'& rep;ort.

586.

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587.

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All paclmgEs and letters addressed to the

Chemical Examiner should be sent prepaid; if not,
the Chemical Examiner will pay the carringe or post. age a~d recover from the transmitting officer.

prepaid.

(1) The report of the Chemical Examiner of

the results of his examination, which is admissible
. as evidence under section 510 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure, should he in the form given in Appendi-x
XXXIX.
To it should be attached the original
letter of invoice mentioned in paragraph 585.
(2) The abo,e report will be despatched to th~
transmitting officer (a duplicate being retained in thEChemical Examiner's office) and should be placed with
the fil~ of the case.

Chemical Exaniin
~~Y caU _for further

...aonnation.

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588. 'If sufficient information has not been sup-

plied to the . Chemical Examiner to enable him to

certify.t o th e presence or a bsence of any polSou

a bout
which judicial questions may arise, he may, before
completing his examination, apply to the transmitting
officer for any further information bearing on the
case that might guide him in his st-arch, and such
officer must, after such inquiry as may be necessary,
furnish the iDformation called for without delay.

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589. . In inquiries ~r trials; w_here !~~er~nce' l1as~~~

been made to the CheDUeal Exammer, 1t willb-a:th~n: iectl& ~

duty of the magistrate to examine .the official who XXXIV;VoL

despatched the articles for analysis with regard to the II, 1894.
~identity of the invoice and seal, and thereby establish
the identity of the subjects reported on with those
sent for analysis, and prove that the Chemical Examiner's reports rcfors to the subject connected with
the case under inquiry. If t.he decision of the case
turns on the results of the ch~mical examination a
of documents copy of the judgment, and of the evidcnc~ regarding
eent to .
symptoms and post-mortem appearances will be supical
E~amm<:r
I Et xo.m1ner

b. e1ng
.
t.ain casc~t.
p I'ted t o t he Ch -mien
; sueh copies
made at th{\ expense of Gov~rnment as a. special
charge.
1

when~

fication of
t.Dd articles

590. In all cases of homicidl),

ly or articles
leocc to bo
I.

591. In all cases in which articles are brought

the body is
found, the identity of the body with t.h<' pPrson said to
fence bcfore
ho deceased must be folly establishE-d before the magisart.
trate tryiug or inquiring into the ease. In such cases,
'vhere there has been a post-mortem examination,
~vidence must be recorded by the magistrate to pro\e.
the custody of the body of the deceased after deatb,
and its delivery for the purposes of po~t-monem
examination to the medical officer.

11ce of uoprowitneaaee

up in evidence, the custody of such articles throughout

the various sto.ges of the inquity must be clearly
traced and established. Evidence must be recorded.
on this point, and the evidence should never leave it
doubtful as to what person or persons have had
charge of the articles at any stage of tb e proceedings.
All such articles must be distinctively marked, and
any reference to them in tbe record must be so olear
as to leave no room for doubt as to the special artlole_
referred to.

592. Magistrates are warned that the evidence

of non-professional witnesses on the subject of blood

::\=~=:-e':i and of human baits musthe accepted wif.h t.b e utmost
aation.
caution, and. tha~., where the case rests materially
on the proof of snch matters, the evidence of a professional witness must he taken, and reference made, if
neeeasary, to the Che~r.ica1 Examiner. It must be
borne in mind that, for fhP. purposes of evidPnee in
criminal cases, thf"re is no t~st for d istinP,ui~hing the
bloorl of a huml\n ~lping froll\ that. of ono of tha lower
animals.

Ditto.

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Ditto.

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693.-.(1.) .V\1ith a view t<fa~R.isting--iii~istra~~ .and~~

Wa\fl>lUiih~;- ~ police officers iii conducting lnqui~ica in~o cases. o f 1

suspected murder and other eases tn whtch meditlP.gal questions are involved, an .Appendix XL is here- .
,,., annexed, which contains the following :
(a)-Questions that may be put to medical and
other witnesses in certain cases;
(b)-Points to be inquired into in ease of death
from rupture of the spleen.
(2) The symptoms produced by some of the more.,
common poisons, which are detailed in Appendix
XXXV, should also be consulted.

Inetra.o~iODS to be
h1lllg up in mortu.
.aries.

594. An abstract or the instructions in regard I ..a.;c

Ott R
to t h e s_u 1)mission of cases to the Chemica.1 Exam1ner,
claW

referr.ed to in paragraph 578, should be hung up Se~j

in mortuaries or other convenient place ; and should 18~
be consulted in makin~ examinations in all medicolegal cases. in order to obviate errors or omissions. A
copy of these instnu~tion~ wiJI be found in Ap-

pendix XLI.
Feoe for oondaot.iDg
f'061-~
or medJ. B
oo-legal examina.

tiona

by medical

4flicera.

595. A commissioned medical officer,' includinB G. I I

t an t surgeon Wlth th e rank o daW

No 3011
seniOr
mt"l't
1 ar.v ass1s
1'
lieutenant, captain or major not hE'ing a civil sur Augut
geon or an officer in med ice.I charge of a civil station, is G. L. B
entitled t.o a fee of Rs. l 6 for conducting a po.d-mortem No. 90.
examination, o.nd to a fee of Rs. 10 for conducting a~~~
rri.~di~o-legal exa.mination other than a po-d-mortem G
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exa!Jlination, in ca.~es not falling within the ordinary
N;;_
diR.ebarg~ of bis duties, wltether or not he is required dated l
to give evidence in B Court of Justice, in c~nneotion
with such examination. It is, however, to be distinct])' understood that when such an offieer is required, under_ those oircomstances, to give evidence
in a Court of .Justice, he shall not ho entjtled to any
rerooneration in addition to the fee abov_, sanctioned,
oth~r. th.an the usual expenses paid to a witness.
596. Assistant surgeons are E'ntitled to a f~e of G. L. R
Rtt. 4 for conducting such examinations when they do :~~
. not fall within thA ordinary scope of th~ir duties.
Similarly sub-assistant surgoons are entitled to a 1884. '
fet' of Rs. 4 for conducting medico-legal examinations
other than po~t-mortem examinations. It is. however,
tC) be understood t.hat assistant surgoong and mbiusistant 1mrge01is lent by the Government to municipalities. or district boards will he r~{ltir~d to per..
form these examinations as a .part of their regular
duties without furf.her remuneration.

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!Pet. of m~ical
e11hardin&tes.

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. . .. . ~ (a). _.1~. wb~n a medical opinion is required

1n Pohee-_caCJas. the pe"oo or persona to be ~x~mined
shall be produced before the . highest medical
authority available on 'he medical staff of the
district. Persons requiring .eumination at the
headquarters of a district shall be taken to the
Civil Hospital and not to a branch dispensary;
similarly in rural areas where a hospital is accessible,
medico-legal cases shall be sent there and not to a
rural dispensary.

2. Medical Officers of the Irrigation Department are prohibited (rom undertaking medico-legal
work, and officers in charge of d;striet board (rural)
dispensaries msy only be called upon to do such work
for which they must be qualified in other re-spe-cts.
in eases of emE'rgency. Medical Officers may not be
called upon to proceed to the ecene of an occurrence
to e;,xamine injured persons except in cases of real
urgoncy aud when it is impossible to convey the
injured person to the neare:t dispensary or hospital.

Police Officers cannot oompel injured persons

to snbmit to medica! examioation, and such persons
h"ve a right to be examined privately at their own
expense QJ" ~edical practitiouers.
8.

4. Medical office:'& of Government or those

employed by local bodies are entitled to charge
reasonable fees for medico-legal work performed in
their private capacities for parties to oases, but no
fees whatever are leviable by Government offioera
for work in cases ia whieh the Crown is the com~lainant, including all pot-morlem e~aminations,
$UCh work 6eing part of their regular duties. The
rules undP.r which medical oftieers, other than thoae
subordinate to tha Civil Surgeon. may charge feea
for medico~legal work on behalf of Govemment are
given in para2raph 69S. lfedic:al Officers in eharge of
rural dispensaries are also eotitled to charge fees
for medico-legal work done on behalf of Government,
such fees earned being credi"ble to the funds of the
district board conceroed.
5. Tbe unnecessary summoning as witnesses of
medical subordinates to the detriment of their proper
activities, shall be avoided as far RA possible, and
when the attendance of Roch ~a officer is ne~sary
as much notice as possible shall be given to himV\'hen the necessary evidence C&D be given by the
investigation officer or by auotber ruedioal witness

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.l.ta1ibned at= the place where the <>ase is -beiQg

prosecuted, a medical subordinate sbonld not.. be
summoned from 8 distance merely to give corroborB

tive evidence.

597.

A staff surgeon of a military cantonment G. L, ii

is bound to make po.'\t-fTUJfiem and medico-legal exa- ~:~~
aurgeons.
minations in cases coming within tho jurisdiction of Februal
the caa.tonment magistrate's court, provided that the 1890. ,
subject of such examination also comes under his.logitima.te charge as laid down in paragraph 229
of the Regulations for tho ~fedical services of tho
Army in India. If a staff surgeon is in receipt of an
a.Jlowance for the m~dical charge of the ch'il population a! a collateral duty, h ~ is not entitled to any
remuneration for conducting a post-mortem or medicolegal examination, because such examination forms
part of his legitimate duty in the capacity of civil
surgeon. If, on the other hand, be is not in receipt of
an allowance "of the natore referred to, he is entitled
to the f\;e prescribed in the marginally noted resolution in the case of persons who do not como under his
legitimate charge.
Die~ of unclaim598. ~he cost of disposing of unclaimed corpst'S P. G. N1
ed 6odies brought. . b
. t o, or o r th ose pErsons dymg
.
th. 907, da~
.In for f'O"-morWtr~
rought m
WI 1n Sth May
examination.. .
rnnnicipal limits is a charge on the municipal autbori.
ties, and arrangements for such disposal rests with
them. If such corpses have been brought to the
civil surgeon for post-mortem examination, he should
send intimation to the municipal authorities, who
should .arrang~ for burying or burning as the case
may be.
599. Po.d-!ttortem . and n1edico-legal reports Chie.f Co1
Preservation of
should
be preserv(ld for a period of twelve years.
PunJab, l
~&Dd
P~ exam.i-

natioDB by staff

2776-G.,

modico-legal repo~

Erection of judieal

mortuaries.

dated 141
.

600. When occasion arises for the construction Julyl9<N

of a j~dicinl mortuary it should b~ located at a convenient diatanc~ from the police lines but not so close
as to he in any way off.,;nsive.