| Administrative History | Matthew Hay was born in Slamannan, Stirlingshire, in 1856, and educated at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities. He graduated MB from Glasgow in 1878, then travelled to study in Strasburg, Berlin and Munich. On his return he graduated MD from Edinburgh University in 1881. From 1878 to 1883 he held the post of Assistant Professor of Materia Medica at Edinburgh, but in 1883 he accepted the Chair of Forensic Medicine at Aberdeen University. Though he was offered posts abroad, he chose to stay in Aberdeen for the rest of his career. In keeping with the traditions of forensic medicine, he also lectured on public health, hygiene and medical jurisprudence, and was also an authority on physiology. In 1914 he was elected president of the State Medicine and Medical Jurisprudence section of the British Medical Association. He held the post of Medical Officer of Health for Aberdeen from 1888 to 1923: during this tenure he instigated both the Maternity & Child Welfare Scheme and the Joint Hospitals Scheme, which aimed to bring on to one site all the important hospitals in Aberdeen in order to pool resources. Building began on a site he had found in 1926. In 1922 he tried to resign from the post of Medical Officer for Health on the grounds of ill health: his resignation was refused, but a period of sabbatical was granted. The following year he succeeded in resigning not only from that but also from the post of convener of the Finance Committee on the University Court. He resigned from the Chair of Forensic Medicine in 1926, and died at his home in Aberdeen in 1932. |
| Description | Volume I 30 April 1907 - 20 May 1907 Some notes slightly out of order: Anderson seems to have left the left page blank initially and then added further notes later
Lecture I
Summary of course and reading list (including Taylor, Ogston, and Glaister)
Identity of the person, including fingerprints and anthropometry
Lecture II
Classification of fingerprints
Pseudo-hermaphroditism
Identification of sex
Lecture III
Bertillon's method of identification
True hermaphroditism
Identification of age (height, teeth, sexual changes, hair, general appearance of skin)
Eyes
Lecture IV
Tichborne Case, 1873 (rested on identification)
Footprints
Marks upon body
Trades which produce specific marks on body
Scars, including tattoos
Lecture V
Scars:
Traumatic
Pathological
Age of a cicatrix
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Lecture VI
Ossification of skeleton
Signs of death
Identification of dead (skeletal)
Identification of age of dead (skeletal)
Lecture VII
Signs of death
Conditions simulating death
Hypostatic lividity
Rigor mortis
Period of death
Lecture VIII
Putrefaction
Saponification
Lecture IX
Conditions for saponification
Mummification
Conditions modifying putrefaction
Putrefaction in water
Exhumations
Injuries to the person
Lecture X
Assault
Aggravation
Intent
Homicide, and degrees of homicide
Suicide
Injuries to the person from neglect
Injuries to the person from operation of forces
Lecture XI
Starvation
Wounds: incised, punctured, contused, lacerated, gunshot
Lecture XII
Contused wounds
Lacerated wounds
Gunshot wounds: bullet, small shot
Lecture XIII
Examination of firearm
Examination of bullet or pellets
Rupture of internal organs
Fractures and dislocations
Concussion and shock
Degree of danger attaching to injuries
Lecture XIV
Injuries to circulatory system
Injuries to respiratory system
Injuries to digestive system and abdomen
Injuries to genito-urinary system
Lecture XV
Injuries to nervous system
Scalp wounds
Apoplexy
Effusion of blood
Concussion
Injuries to Eye
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