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TIDY, CHARLES MEYMOTT, M. B., F. C. 8., 



Professor of Chemistry and of Forensic Medicine and Public Health at the London Hospital, etc. 

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 Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Feb. 8, 1883. 



TAYLOR, ALFRED 8., M. D., 



Lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence and Chemistry in Guy's Hospital, London. 

 A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence. Eighth American from the tenth Lon- 

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 the profession in this country; and the eighth 

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This celebrated work has been the standard au- 

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By the Same Author. 



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LEA, HENRY C. 



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