Kinds of harm

“Harm” means any bodily hurt, disease or disorder, whether permanent or temporary; “grievous harm” means any harm which amounts to a maim or dangerous harm as hereinafter defined, or which seriously or permanently injures health, or which is likely to injure health, or which extends to permanent disfigurement, or to any permanent or serious injury to any external or internal organ, member or sense; “dangerous harm” means harm endangering life; 80 “maim” means the destruction or permanent disabling of any external or internal organ, member or sense; “wound” means any incision or puncture which divides or pierces any exterior membrane of the body, and any membrane is exterior for the purposes of this definition which can be touched without dividing or piercing any other membrane.