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Insanity (Law)

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  • Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: a display of instruments of torture and appliances for restraint of the insane. Photograph.
  • A gin palace as a "temple of Juniper", with other scenes illustrating puns. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
  • Nutty brain, artwork
  • Sir Alexander Morison, Outlines of lectures
  • Sir Alexander Morison, Outlines of lectures
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Catalogue

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    Hand book of the mental hygiene movement and exhibit.

    National Committee for Mental Hygiene. | Date: 1913
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    A remonstrance with the Lord Chief Baron touching the case Nottidge versus Ripley / by John Conolly.

    Conolly, John, 1794-1866. | Date: 1849
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    Increase of lunacy : and special reasons applicable to Ireland / by Edward D. O'Neill, Medical Superintendent, Limerick District Lunatic Asylum.

    O'Neill, Edward D. | Date: 1903
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    The principles of forensic medicine : systematically arranged, and applied to British practice / By John Gordon Smith.

    Smith, John Gordon, 1792-1833. | Date: 1824
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    Traitde la folie des femmes enceintes : des nouvelles accouchs et des nourrices et considations mico-lales qui se rattachent a ce sujet / par L. V. Marc.

    Marc Louis Victor, 1828-1864. | Date: 1858
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