Medical Times, Volume 2J. & A. Churchill, 1871 - Medicine |
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Page 290 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 25 - ... according to the frontage of their respective premises, and in such proportion as is settled by the Surveyor of the Urban Authority (or in case of dispute) by arbitration...
Page 290 - If the accused was conscious that the act was one which he ought not to do. and if that act was at the same time contrary to the law of the land, he is punishable...
Page 290 - The mode of putting the latter part of the question to the jury on these occasions has generally been, whether the accused at the time of doing the act knew the difference between right and wrong ; which mode, though rarely, if ever, leading to any mistake with the jury, is not...
Page 49 - if any registered medical practitioner shall be convicted in England or Ireland of any felony or misdemeanour, or in Scotland of any crime or offence, or shall after due inquiry be judged by the General Council to have been guilty of infamous conduct in any professional respect, the General Council may, if they see fit, direct the Registrar to erase the name of such medical practitioner from the register".
Page 290 - What is the law respecting alleged crimes committed by persons afflicted with insane delusion in respect of one or more particular subjects or persons; as, for instance, where at the time of the commission of the alleged crime the accused knew he was acting contrary to law, but did the act complained of with a view, under the influence of insane delusion, of redressing or revenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing some supposed public benefit?" In answer to which question, assuming...
Page 60 - Earl Russell communicated to the College of Physicians that he received a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Manilla, to the effect that Cholera has been raging fearfully, and that the ONLY remedy of any service was CHLORODYNE."— See Lancet, December 1, 1864.
Page 79 - The Royal College of Physicians of London ; The Royal College of Surgeons of England; The Apothecaries...
Page 291 - To which question the answer must, of course, depend on the nature of the delusion: but, making the same assumption as we did before, namely, that he labours under such partial delusion only, and is not in other respects insane, we think he must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility...
Page 232 - Former experience of Cholera in England justifies a belief that the presence of imported cases of the disease at various spots in the country will not be capable of causing much injury to the population, if the places receiving the infection have had the advantage of proper sanitary administration ; and, in order that all local populations may make their...