Tracts on Medical Jurisprudence ... with a preface and notes, and a digest of the law relating to insanity and nuisance

Philadelphia: James Webster, 1819. First Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Good; leather flaking; joints weakened; some spotting and toning.. 8vo, [16], [1] - 456, [1 - list of Cooper's publications], [1 - blank] pp.

An important and original contribution by the early American polymath. Cooper had many careers and wrote books in a variety of different fields. The work offered here is of considerable interest because of its treatment of the thorny issues regarding insanity in terms of American precedents. There is a lengthy section on poisons. Cooper contributed the introduction and three original papers: a chemical test for arsenic; an original (truncated) essay on "nuisance" in the law; digest of the law relating to insanity. Austin #537. (Inventory #: 23105)