MEDICAL ENGLISH
A "suggestion that medical witnesses should confine their expressions to everyday English and abandon professional terms was made by Mr. Justice Callan in the Supreme" Court yesterday when a surgeon was giving evidence. He had stated that "an excision was made in the arm, which was then sutured." His Honor said he appreciated the meaning, but would prefer if witnesses would employ simpler terms, even although they did not perhaps convey the precise shade of meaning that 'the professional words implied. The witness agreed that the words "sown up" might be used for the jury's guidance in place of "sutured."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24202, 18 February 1942, Page 6
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102MEDICAL ENGLISH New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24202, 18 February 1942, Page 6
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