^Nature of the Study of Legal Medicine: A knowlege of legal medicine means the ability to acquire facts, the power to arrange those facts in their logical order, and to draw a 1Ĭonclusion from the facts which may be useful in the administration of justice. aside from having knowledge of the basic medical sciences, like anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, physics and other allied sciences.

The knowledge of the nature and extent of wounds has been acquired in surgery, abortion in gynecology, sudden death and effects of trauma in pathology, etc. It is the application of medical and paramedical sciences as demanded by law and administration of justice. v Scope of Legal Medicine: The scope of legal medicine is quite broad and encompassing. This is based on the original concept but actually it must be the study of legal medicine as it was the intention and practice in the past. 5, Rule 138) Medical Jurisprudence is one of the subjects in the law course before admission to the bar examination. It concerns with the study of the rights, duties and obligations of a medical practitioner with particular reference to those arising from doctor-patient relationship. medical jurisprudence (j'uris-law, prudentia-knowledge) denotes knowledge'of lawT in relation to the practice of medicine.

In modern times, especially in continental European countries, legal medicine has a similar meaning as the term forensic medicine, although, strictly speaking, legal medicine is primarily the application of medicine to legal eases while forensic medicine concerns with the application of medical science to elucidate legal problems. The concept and practice of legal medicine in the Philippines is of Spanish origin. This concept prevailed among countries under the Anglo-American influence. Originally the terms legal medicine, forensic medicine and medical jurisprudence are synonymous and in common practice are used interchangeably. It is the application of basic and clinical, medical and paramedical sciences to elucidate legal matters. Chapter I GENERAL CONSIDERATION ^EGALM^DIClNllis a branch of medicine which deals with the application of medical knowledge to the purposes of law and in the administration of justice.

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