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Clinical Cases illustrative of the value of the Thermometer as a means of Diagnosis in Diseases of the Nervous System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

F. W. Gibson
F. W. Gibson*
Affiliation:
St. Pancras Infirmary; Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Broadmoor
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Case 1.—S. E—, female. Admitted Jan. 22, 1866. Tried for wounding, with intent to murder, Dec, 1865. Found insane. She lived in a cellar with her husband and child. From the evidence given at the trial and from her own account, it appears that she wounded her child slightly with a razor in order to frighten her husband, who had treated her with great cruelty, into better behaviour. After she had been taken into custody it was found that “her mind was much shaken, and that she was the subject of delusions.”

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 13 , Issue 64 , January 1868 , pp. 497 - 507
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1868 

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References

* ‘Journal of Mental Science,’ No. lii, pp. 471–491.Google Scholar

Since the MS. was sent to press I have seen a case in which the temperature was 101°, which was proved by post mortem examination to be one of hæmorrhage into the arachnoid and pons, without any complication.Google Scholar

* On the authority of Dr. Ringer.Google Scholar

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