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The New Lunacy Bill

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Extract

The introduction of this important measure so soon after the interminable and wearisome Windham case, has led to the too hasty supposition that the Lord Chancellor has been induced to prepare his Bill mainly in consequence of what occurred in that case, which was indeed a fine exemplar of the evils of the system which are sought to be remedied.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1862 

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