MODI A Textbook of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology, 24/e

Modi A Textbook of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology, since its first edition in 1920, has reigned supreme in its field. It is a well established, specialized and highly recommended book on the subject of Medical Jurisprudence, a multi-disciplinary science. This book has been the key reference tool for medical and legal professionals working in these fields. It has also helped investigating agencies to stay focused on what data is essential and important to collect from scenes of crime. Retaining the flavour of Modi’s pristine brilliance, this twenty-fourth edition presents critical developments in case law as well as in the field of forensic sciences. This monumental work has two parts, Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology, both of which have been edited by specialist contributors from diverse fields. This edition has been revised keeping in view the needs of the new forensic medicine syllabus, judicial observations and the concerns of the senior forensic medicine experts. The present edition will prove to be helpful both for learning about the complexities and the nuances of the subject and for applying them in practice.

Key highlights
Thoroughly revised updated edition that traces comprehensively all major developments in the field of law and forensic medicine
Reference tool for lawyers and judges for understanding the anatomy and physiology of the human body as well as the relationship between an injury and the weapon used to cause it
Includes a new chapter in Part 1 on “Tools of Interrogation” having relevant judicial pronouncements discussing their constitutional validity
Contains Comprehensive discussion on narco-analysis test and its constitutionality
Medico-legal aspects of rape are re-written, keeping in mind contemporary objections and concerns of the academic community
The section on Toxicology has been extensively updated by specialist contributors making it useful to forensic scientists and analytical chemists
For easy referral, boxes containing significant facts and flowcharts have been added along with more illustrations and color plates
Includes an exhaustive subject index and table of cases
Relevant case law has been updated in the respective chapters
Current developments have been introduced in all the chapters

Dr. Jaising P. Modi was born in 1875 and after finishing his education at the Grant Medical College, Bombay, proceeded to England and took his triple diploma from the Edinburgh University. After returning to India he found his interest in teaching and joined Medical College in Agra where he held a distinguished record of service and popularity as a teacher. Later he served the K.G. Medical College in various capacities as lecturer in forensic medicine, Professor of Materia Medica and Forensic Medicine and later for 14 years as Reader in Medical Jurisprudence. He was also nominated as medico-legal expert to the Government of UP, a post which he held for 10 years. During his period of office in Lucknow, he worked as Secretary to the King’s George’s Hospital Committee for Management and also Assistant Superintendent of that hospital for a long time. In his late years he was invited by the Government of India to suggest ways and means for promoting a new technique in the field of forensic medicine.