A selection of papers and prize essays on subjects connected with insanity : read before the Society for Improving the Condition of the Insane.

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A selection of papers and prize essays on subjects connected with insanity : read before the Society for Improving the Condition of the Insane. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Published by the Society, 1850.

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viii, 200 pages, 3 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

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Contents: 1. On restraint and coercion / by Dr. Haslam - 2. An attempt to institute the correct discrimination between crime and insanity / by ditto - 3. On the increase of insanity, with an endeavour to detect the causes of its multiplication / by ditto - 4. Remarkable case / by Sir A. Morison - 5. A practical essay on puerperal insanity / by Spencer T. Smyth - 6. An essay on puerperal insanity / 'Discipulus' - 7. An essay on the morbid appearances of insanity and its complications, according to the best authors upon the subject - 8. On lucid intervals / by T.C. Morison - 9. An essay on the improvements made by the moderns in the medical treatment of mental diseases / by C. Lockhart Robertson - 10. An essay on the moral management of insanity / by ditto

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