...at least as early as 1836) is as follows: '"A person, duly authorized to practice physic or surgery, shall not be allowed to disclose any information which...necessary to enable him to act in that capacity." The best way to treat the subject, is to illustrate as well as possible by citing cases, how the New...

...Some years ago the State of New York passed a Statute of Privileged Communications. It provided that: A person duly authorized to practice physic or surgery,...was necessary to enable him to act in that capacity. By 1906 twenty-six other States had enacted statutes similar to that of New York. It ia the secrecy...

...of 1904 this section was amended so as to read as follows : " § 834. Physicians or professional or registered nurses not to disclose professional information.—...necessary to enable him to act in that capacity." This was the first time that the privilege of physicians on the witness stand was extended to professional...

...course of his professional employment; and a person qualified to practise physic or surgery is not allowed to disclose any information which he acquired...necessary to enable him to act in that capacity.' From this it is plain that in America the three professions stand in precisely the same relationship...

...and wife. (2) Code of Civil Procedure of New York, section 834, provides that a physician or surgeon shall not be allowed to disclose any information which...capacity, and which was necessary to enable him to act iu that capacity. Section 836 provides that said section applies to every examination of a person as...

...anthorized to practice physio or surgery shall not be allowed to disclose any information which be acquired in attending a patient in a professional...necessary to enable him to act in that capacity." S. was on trial for murder, and his only defense was insanity. Dr. B. had, for several months preceding...

...surgery shall not be allowed to disclose any information which he acquired iu attending a patient iu a professional capacity, and which was necessary to enable him to act in that capacity," is obligatory upon the courts of the United States sitting within that State in trials at common law....

...Section 834 of the Code, which forbids a physician or surgeon to disclose information acquired while attending a patient in a professional capacity, and...was necessary to enable him to act in that capacity, was intended to protect the patient, and not to shield one charged with his murder; in such case the...

...of the gospel, or priest of any de§ 834. A person, duly authorized to practice physic or surgery, shall not be allowed to disclose any information which...was necessary to enable him to act in that capacity. 2 RS 422, § 73. This act changes the original in letter, but not in substance. See 2 Wait's Pr. 659....

...religious body, to which he belongs. "§ b34. A person, duly authorized to practice physic or surgery, shall not be allowed to disclose any information which...was necessary to enable him to act in that capacity. "§835. An attorney or counsellor at law shall not be allowed to disclose a communication, made by...