Medical jurisprudence, as it relates to insanity : according to the law of England / By John Haslam.

  • Haslam, John, 1764-1844.
Date:
1817
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Credit: Medical jurisprudence, as it relates to insanity : according to the law of England / By John Haslam. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. The consideration, that in our own language, no work existed on the subject of Medical Jurisprudence, as it relates solely to Insanity, urged me to the present performance. Pre- viously to this undertaking manifold impedi- ments were foreseen, and these difficulties have augmented in every page of its pro- gress :—the apprehensions from this arduous attempt, have, however, been mitigated by the consoling reflection, that in a novel enterprize criticism would be tempered with candour.