On the scientific value of the legal tests of insanity ... / by J. Russell Reynolds.

  • Reynolds, J. Russell (John Russell), Sir, 1828-1896.
Date:
1872
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    III. The legal doctrine in respect of mental capacity in those who are held to be ' partially insane.' 1. The legal dicta. Distinction between civil and criminal cases: between acts obviously related to delusion, and those not so related. 2. Examination of the legal doctrines. Conditions of brain-disease, weakening intellectual power, but not coming under the category of insanity. Monomania. General principles with regard to so-called partial disease. Application of these to mental disease. Analogy from heart-disease. Aortic regurgitation. Recapitulation. Proposal of a conference between the legal and medical professions. Suggestion of topics for consideration. Conclusion.