Witnessing Insanity: Madness and Mad-Doctors in the English Court

Eigen, Joel Peter

ISBN 10: 0300062893 / ISBN 13: 9780300062892

Edité par Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1995

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First printing. Author inscribed on the first free end paper. Gilt on maroon covers in a grey & pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 256pp.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Witnessing Insanity: Madness and Mad-Doctors in the English Court
• Éditeur: Yale University Press, New Haven and London
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0300062893
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780300062892
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Signé: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Through analysis of the elements and development of the insanity defence in hundreds of ordinary prosecutions, this work investigates the evolution of medical testimony in British insanity trials from its beginnings in 1760 to 1843.