On the amendment of the Law of Lunacy : a letter to Lord Brougham / by a phrenologist.

  • Tichborne, Thomas.
Date:
1843
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    ON THE AMENDMENT OF THE LAW OF LUNACY. TO LORD BROUGHAM BY A PHRENOLOGIST. 1 I <: M doftfVK t\J I \ t C- “ If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain;” if medical science will not adapt itself to the law, the law must adapt itself to medical science.”—The Jurist, March II, 1843, “ In looking at the conflicting decisions (of the lawyers) on this point, all we can say is, that unsoundness of mind involves a morbid, or, at least, a defective condition of intellect, with an incompetency on tlie part of the person to manage his affairs. Neither condition will suffice without the other ; for the intellect may be in a morbid state, and yet there may be no incompetency ; or the incompetency may depend on bodily infirmity or a want of education, and may be purely relative—that is to say, vary with the station of tlie individual in society.”—British and Foreign Medical Review, No. XIX., p. 130. “ In these cases” (of moral insanity, or manie sans delire), “ the person manifests no mental delusion, is not monomaniacal, has no hallucination, does not confound fancies w'ith realities, but simply labours under a morbid state of feelings and affections^ or, in other words, a diseased volition.”—Winslow’s Plea of Insanity in Criminal Cases, p. 34-5. 1813. LONDON: HENRY RENSHAW, 356, STRAND. 1843. PRICE TWO SHILLINGS.