The Parish will case before the Surrogate of the City of New York : medical opinions upon the mental competency of Mr. Parish / by John Watson [and others].

  • Watson, John, 1807-1863.
Date:
1857
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    OPINION OF JOHN WATSON, M. D. PART I. MR, PARISH'S AILMENTS AND DISABILITIES, AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING THEM. 1st.—A brief Statement of the Case before the Surrogate. Mr. Henry Parish, a retired merchant, died in this city, on the 2d of March, 1856, in the 69th year of his age, (I. f. 827,) leaving a large estate, a widow to whom he had been married about 25 years, but no children. On the 20th of September, 1842, preparatory to a European tour, wdiich he was then about to undertake, for recreation and the benefit of his health, and while yet in the enjoyment of his intellectual faculties, Mr. Parish made his will; and subsequent to an attack of apoplexy, accompanied with paralysis of the right half of his body and limbs, he, with the assistance of other 9!