Practical observations on insanity : in which some suggestions are offered towards an improved mode of treating diseases of the mind, and some rules proposed which it is hoped may lead to a more humane and successful method of cure: to which are subjoined, remarks on medical jurisprudence, as it relates to diseased intellect / by Joseph Mason Cox, M.D.

  • Joseph Mason Cox
Date:
1813
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Credit: Practical observations on insanity : in which some suggestions are offered towards an improved mode of treating diseases of the mind, and some rules proposed which it is hoped may lead to a more humane and successful method of cure: to which are subjoined, remarks on medical jurisprudence, as it relates to diseased intellect / by Joseph Mason Cox, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    received into such house or place, as a lunatic, shall forfeit the sum of £100.* The order, or, as it is usually termed, the certi- ficate, here required, was undoubtedly intended by the legislature as a salutary regulation ; and were it never issued but by persons of integrity and experience, much evil would be prevented ; * Form of the Certificaie, or as the Statute calls if, Order in Writings from the Physician^ Surgeon, or Apothecary» I 4. B. of in the county of [physician, surgeon, or apothecary, as the case may be], do hereby cer- tify that I have seen C. D. of in the county of that he is disordered in his intellects; that he is proper to be, and that I have advised his being, sent to some house licensed for the reception of lunatics. Witness my hand and seal, this day of 18 (L. s.) E. F. Form of a Certificate from a Friend of the Patient. I A. B. of in the county of do hereby certify, that by the advice of C. D. of in the county of [physician, surgeon, or apothecary, as the case may be], I have directed E, F. of in the county of to be sent to the house of G. H, at in the county of being a house licensed for the reception of lunatics. Witness my hand this day of 18 I, K.