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Manual of Lunacy - A Handbook Relating to the Legal Care and Treatment of the Insane in the Public and Private Asylums of Great Britain, Ireland, United States of America, and the Continent (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,371

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Manual of Lunacy - A Handbook Relating to the Legal Care and Treatment of the Insane in the Public and Private Asylums of Great...

Manual of Lunacy - A Handbook Relating to the Legal Care and Treatment of the Insane in the Public and Private Asylums of Great Britain, Ireland, United States of America, and the Continent (Paperback)

Lyttleton Stewart Forbes Winslow; Preface by Forbes Winslow

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine

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A controversial psychiatrist, Lyttleton Stewart Forbes Winslow (1844-1913) grew up around the lunatic asylums run by his father, Forbes B. Winslow, who was a specialist in the treatment of mental illness, establishing also medical grounds for the plea of insanity in criminal defence. Lyttleton spent much of his own medical career attempting to show the courts that crime and alcoholism were linked to mental illness, though he later gained notoriety for his amateur detective work: he claimed to know the identity of Jack the Ripper. Published in 1874, this book examines, often through case descriptions, the legal framework within which the mentally ill were managed, and comparisons are made with the status quo elsewhere in the world. It is an enlightening but often disturbing insight into the institutional treatment of mental illness in the late nineteenth century.

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Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	February 2014
Authors:	Lyttleton Stewart Forbes Winslow
Preface by:	Forbes Winslow
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	472
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-06349-4
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > Mental health services Promotions
LSN:	1-108-06349-7
Barcode:	9781108063494