Mad-Doctors in the Dock: Defending the Diagnosis, 1760–1913

Mad-Doctors in the Dock: Defending the Diagnosis, 1760–1913
ISBN-10
1421420481
ISBN-13
9781421420486
Category
History
Pages
206
Language
English
Published
2016-10-27
Publisher
JHU Press
Author
Joel Peter Eigen

Description

The first comprehensive account of how medical insight and folk psychology met in the courtroom, this book makes clear the tragedy of the crimes, the spectacle of the trials, and the consequences of the diagnosis for the emerging field of forensic psychiatry.

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