Witnessing insanity madness and mad-doctors in the English court.

Yale Univ Pr, New Haven, Conn. : 1995

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Insanity (Law) -- History.

Forensic psychiatry -- History.

1. Crime, punishment, and the jury in eighteenth-century England

2. Insanity-the legal context

3. Insanity and medical psychology

4. The lay witness's testimony

5. Medical testimony in insanity trials, I: how the prisoner met the doctor

6. Medical testimony in insanity trials, II: what the mad-doctor said in court

7. The prisoner's defense

Conclusion: A medical question at all?

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