Physiology
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PHYSIOLOGY, med. jur. The science which treats of the functions of animals;
it is the science of life.
2. The legal practitioner who expects to rise to eminence, must acquire
some acquaintance with physiology. This subject is intimately connected with
gestation, birth, life and death. Vide 2 Chit. Pr. 42, n.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.