Medical jurisprudence, as it relates to insanity : according to the law of England / By John Haslam.

  • John Haslam
Date:
1817
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Credit: Medical jurisprudence, as it relates to insanity : according to the law of England / By John Haslam. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    insanity, which are so manifest that they can- not be otherwise interpreted; and where he has been confined and treated for this mala- dy, the physician will have an easy duty to perform : but it is in cases which appear to be involved in difficulty, where the disorder, although existing and directing the actions, is not so ostensibly developed that the medical evidence becomes important, and capable by sagacity, experience and truth, of explaining and characterizing the state of the person's in- tellect. The important duty which the medical practitioner has to perform, when he delivers his testimony before a court of justice, should be clearly defined, conscientiously felt, and thoroughly understood,—his opinion ought to be conveyed in a perspicuous manner; he should be solemnly impressed that he speaks upon oathjthe most sacred pledge before God
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