A new view of insanity : The duality of the mind proved by the structure, functions, and diseases of the brain, and by the phenomena of mental derangement, and shewn to be essential to moral responsibility. With an appendix ... / By A.L. Wigan.

  • Wigan, A. L. (Arthur Ladbroke)
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1844
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