A Treatise on medical jurisprudence : based on lectures delivered at University College, London / by George Vivian Poore.

  • George Vivian Poore
Date:
1901
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Credit: A Treatise on medical jurisprudence : based on lectures delivered at University College, London / by George Vivian Poore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    CHAPTER XXXII INSANITY Congenital Insanity. — Idiocy — Epilepsy — Hydrocephalus — Microcephaly — Congenital Syphilis — Hemiplegia — The Mongolian Type—The Idiot Savant—Cretins, . . 397 Toxic Insanity. — Toxins — Gout — Drugs — Alcohol — The Expression of the Emotions—Duchenne—Sir Charles Bell, . 407 Insanity due to Cerebral i?zWj-^.—Syphilis—General Paralysis of the Insane—Delusions—Hallucinations, . . .410 Symptomatic Insanity. — Mania — Melancholia — Delusions — Dementia, ... CHAPTER XXXIII LEGAL RELATIONS OF THE INSANE istorical—Shakespeare's Definition of Madness—Edward II. and Control of the Property of the Insane — Bethlem Hospital —The Lunacy Acts of 1846-1890 —Pinel —The Lord Chancellor—Chancery Lunatics—The Private Patient —The Documents — The Medical Certificate — Medical Facts—Brillat-Savarin—Urgency Order—v. Wakem —Restraint — The Writings of the Insane —The Pauper Lunatic — Chancery Lunatics — Committee of the Person and Committee of the Estate — The Single Patient — The Commissioners in Lunacy —The Lunatic in the Asylum, CHAPTER XXXIV THE PLEA OF INSANITY IN COURTS OF LAW The Plea of Insanity in Crimtnal Caj-^j—Historical from 1723— The Consciousness of Right and ^xon^—Regina v. Sweet- land—\nio:^\caX\orv no Excuse—Temperance Legislation, . 463 The Plea of Insanity for Divorce or Nullity of Marriage.— Heredity — The Neurotic Subject — A Case of Nullity Sought, 468 Testainentary Capacity. —Cdise of Boughton v. Knight—The reasonableness of a Will — Aphasia and Will-making — Dr Edmunds's Case, ...... 470 Affective lnsajiiiy.—]7m-\Q% I.—Dr Johnson—Unnatural Sexual Acts, .... ... 472