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The Factors of the Unsound Mind, with Especial Reference to the Plea of Insanity in Criminal Cases, and the Amendment of the Law. By William A. Guy, M.B., Cantab., F.R.S. 1881.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

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Part II.—Reviews
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1882 

References

* In a later portion of the work Dr. Guy says, “I would no longer object to the Plea of Insanity being set up in the difficult cases of Moral Insanity and Destructive Mania, the existence of which it is not possible to ignore” (p. 229). Google Scholar

* “The incessant outcry against hanging and flogging disgraces the times in which we live” (p. 194). Google Scholar

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