On uncontrollable drunkenness considered as a form of mental disorder, with the only possible means of legally dealing with such cases / by L. Forbes Winslow.

  • Winslow, Lyttleton Forbes, 1844-1913.
Date:
1892
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Credit: On uncontrollable drunkenness considered as a form of mental disorder, with the only possible means of legally dealing with such cases / by L. Forbes Winslow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    more sensible than our own, wbo recognize this fact. At most of these establishments English is freely spoken, and the inmates are inspected officially more often than is the case in our own country. The certificates and other documents necessary for admission can be signed in England on proper forms provided for that purpose. At a recent visit to Belgium I made myself an courant with the various establishments, and with the working of the law as well; and there is no danger in the liberty of the subject being unnecessarily interfered with, or in persons being confined who are not fit subjects for detention.” In consequence of this letter, I have been inundated by applicants for information on the subject. Ever since then the question has become an all-absorbing one, especially as again we find drink to be at the head of the causes for insanity in England. It seems incredible that England should have to look to other countries for an example in such matters; but so it is. Session after Session goes by, families are ruined, minds are unhinged, misery