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Essays and addressesI think they will solve many of the difficul- ties medical men feel in respect of the law. Xow let me take some concrete cases. A very eminent medical man says to me: " It would be interesting to note the working of the legal mind regarding such a question as this : Why should the legal definition of insanity and responsibility remain at variance with the medical conception, which is founded on experience rather than theory C My answer is, there is no legal definition of insanity. Xo doubt there are a dozen or more medical definitions and half a hundred medical conceptions of insanity. To practically every man will the word " insanity " carry a connotation differing from that to every other. prev next |