The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-20

merited contempt, and 1t is high time that some concerted effort should be made toward rehabilftating itself in the esteem Of honest men and women
 Medicine is not an exact science. This is postu1ated Surgery and it's results in measurable deviation from the normal are more accurate and de- fined-aftlhough even here wide mar gin must be allowed. Human judgment is fallible. But could not a clearer approximation to the truth be secured If, instead Of de- pending upon dnancfally interested lenders. as the case may be-we sub- mitted all questions Of a medical ma ture to a tribunal Of three or i've physicians. appointed under Civil Ser vice procedure. or elected. possibly by their local medical body because of peculiar fitness for this work These men to become experts in fact-not for hire-masters of the sciences Of sociology. criminology. psyshiartry. pathology. and everything bearing up on a deeper appreciation of, and fa- mfliarity with problems which they will be called upon to define. analyze. and solve.
 Experts Should Be State Medical om-
 
 ceys.
 If, taking the last word of the worlds greatest authorities as a ba- sis for their deliberatfons and hRv-. ing for their guidance all memoranda connected with vigilant observation. exhaustive study of physical and men tai stigmata-if such exists in the criminal under examination with all psychical physical, chemical. and pa- thological means at their command to enable them to weigh every scintilla of deducible evidence: removed from the grueiling. insulting quibble and fence of the attorneys; seeking noth- ing but the ultimate truth with every means that science affords; if ma jority of these specially trained men present to the trial judge and jury their written opinion as to the res- ponsibiiity or irresponsibility of the culprit, it would be received with res pect, and mark a dignified and hon. orable departdre from our present far cical system.
 Function Of Expert To Be Similar TO
 That of Master in Divorce Suit.
 This medical body could be granted power as court officers, somewhat sim liar to those of a. Master appointed to hear evidence in divorce suit-~and make a public report to the Court and to the Press as to their. dndings-this report to be received as the final word. 1 50 far as medical testimony in that particular case was concerned. If a minority dissented from the findings of the majority they could so qualify-after the present practice of our higher courts-and these senti- : ments. submitted in plain sunyarnished terms readily understood by any judge and a jury of average intelligence, would receive the critical atetntfon of the Court and jury, and be applied to the consideration of the question at is- sue.
 It might be argued that no three or pr five doctors could be gathered together who would ever agree upon any particular proposition And. in extenuation and partial explanation ,f this, the indefinable differences in would be cited.
 But do judges always agree? Are .heir findings always unanimous? Essence of Law As Intangible as
 Medical Psychology
 Is not the essence of the law almost .s intangible as the psychicaI degen- tracy of a criminal? Is it not per