Gallagher v. Market Street Railway Co. of San Francisco

Citations

• 67 Cal. 13
• 6 P. 869
• 1885 Cal. LEXIS 526

Syllabus

<p>Evidence—Medicad Wobks.—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, a medical book, although proved to be of standard authority, is not admissible in evidence to prove the nature and probable effect of the injuries.</p> <p>Id.—'Tho books to which a medical expert refers cannot be resorted to in order to support his testimony, but they may be used to contradict or discredit him.</p>