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Commitment of Mentally Ill, legislation & jurisprudence

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    Mad-houses : observations on the Act for regulating mad-houses, and a correction of the statements of the case of Benjamin Elliott, convicted of illegally confining Mary Daintree : with remarks addressed to the friends of insane persons / by James Parkinson.

    Parkinson, James, 1755-1824. | Date: 1811
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    Insanity and the lunacy law / by William Wood.

    Wood, William, 1816-1892. | Date: 1879
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    Lunacy and law : an address on the prevention of insanity delivered before the Medico-Psychological Association of Great Britain and Ireland / by Sir William R. Gowers.

    Gowers, W. R. (William Richard), 1845-1915. | Date: 1903
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    A letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Shaftesbury etc. etc. etc. on the laws which regulate private lunatic asylums : with a comparative view of the process 'de lunatico inquirendo' in England and the law of 'interdiction' in France : to which are added a few observations on the causes of insanity and improvement in its treatment during the last twenty-five years / by Edward J. Seymour.

    Seymour, Edward J. (Edward James), 1796-1866. | Date: 1859
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    Lecture on psychiatric institutions, the Austrian law of Curatel and separate asylums for drunkenness / by Herr Director Schlangenhausen.

    Schlangenhausen, Fridolin. | Date: 1896
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