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Occasional Notes

Liberty of the Lunatic.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

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The public from time to time is sadly distressed by the occurrence of crimes committed by lunatics whose lunacy has in many cases been known and recognised prior to the criminal acts. Unless, however, the lunatic has previously inhabited an asylum, the occurrence is accepted as in the natural course of things, and in no way regarded as an avoidable event.

Type
Clinical Notes and Cases
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 49 , Issue 204 , January 1903 , pp. 122
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1903 

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