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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Credit: 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]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. The discussions involved in the following Inquiry, may, for the sake of orderly consideration, be divided into three parts. Of these, the first relates to Mr. Parish's Ailments and Disabilities, and to the circum- stances attending them; the second relates to the exe- cution of the Original Will, and of the Three Codicils thereunto appended ; and the third, to the question of Mr. Parish's Competency for executing these Codicils. In part first, I have examined with as much thor- oughness, accuracy, and candor as I could command, every important fact and circumstance bearing upon the bodily and mental condition of Mr. Parish, as well during the period in which his disease was not yet so severe as to disable him from active life, as after the attack of July, 1849. In part second, I have, in like manner, examined every fact of moment connected with the making of his Original Will, while yet in the enjoyment of his