General paralysis : a critical review of the literature of the subject, to which is appended an analysis of the case of John S. Blackburn, in which insanity was alleged as a means of defense / by D.A. Morse.

  • Morse, D. A. (David Appleton), 1840-
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[1874]
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Credit: General paralysis : a critical review of the literature of the subject, to which is appended an analysis of the case of John S. Blackburn, in which insanity was alleged as a means of defense / by D.A. Morse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    OKNJiRAI. PAIlAJyYKIS. be held responsible for the act? Will a man whose brain has undergone the degenerations expressed by the mental and physical phenomena in Blackburn's case, be responsible for any act, civil or criminal—the act the result of delusion or not'.' We think not^—for who can decide whether delusion is a motive to induce the act, when the prisoner can not explain his mo- Extra copies of the reports of Dr. D. A. Morse, published by the Ohio State Medical Society, for the years 1873-4, may be obtained of the Au- thor. They are: tives. Dipsomania General Pabalysis, Monomania, . 52 pages. 120 36