Two hard cases ; sketches from a physician's portfolio / by W.W. Godding.
- W. W. Godding
- Date:
- 1882
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Two hard cases ; sketches from a physician's portfolio / by W.W. Godding. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![C. R. W. A FRAGMENTARY MEMOIR. [Read before the New England Psychological Society, in 1877.] C. R. W , aged seventeen, a native of Lowell, Mass., and student at the High School in that place, was indicted in June, 1872, for an assault, with in- tent to kill, on the person of C. E. K , the weapon being a pistol. He was tried and acquitted on the ground of insanity, and sent to the Lunatic Hospital at Taunton, Mass. I have no minutes of the trial, nor was I present, though I have under- stood that it was shown that he had been one of the best scholars in the school, but had, during the year or two preceding the assault, .become moody and reserved, neglecting his studies, and giving evidence of a weakened mind, the result, it was claimed, of secret vice. The immediate cause of the shooting appeared to be jealousy. I here introduce part of a letter that I received from C. E. K , in May, 1875, as it gives liis statement of the case, and is](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21054514_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
