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... ment in any regulation being shown , and the possi- bility and practicability of a means of improvement demonstrated , reason and humanity alike demand that our legislators should avail themselves thereof . The relation 2 INTRODUCTION .
... ment in any regulation being shown , and the possi- bility and practicability of a means of improvement demonstrated , reason and humanity alike demand that our legislators should avail themselves thereof . The relation 2 INTRODUCTION .
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... ment entertain a question of the insanity of such an individual ? Now , the above is no imaginary sketch , but is drawn from what has passed under the author's personal observation , wherein the learned judge remarked , in reference to ...
... ment entertain a question of the insanity of such an individual ? Now , the above is no imaginary sketch , but is drawn from what has passed under the author's personal observation , wherein the learned judge remarked , in reference to ...
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... ment of death was attached to the crime of assassination ; but the motive for the crime was , that he might be put to death by others ; he would not take away his own life " ! Many insane people act from motives sufficiently apparent ...
... ment of death was attached to the crime of assassination ; but the motive for the crime was , that he might be put to death by others ; he would not take away his own life " ! Many insane people act from motives sufficiently apparent ...
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... ment of the feelings , passions , and emotions ; it will in some instances manifest itself quite sud- denly , in some violent impulsive act , the sugges- tion of the moment , motiveless , revolting , or cruel , without any premonitory ...
... ment of the feelings , passions , and emotions ; it will in some instances manifest itself quite sud- denly , in some violent impulsive act , the sugges- tion of the moment , motiveless , revolting , or cruel , without any premonitory ...
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... ment . Dementia is the almost hopeless form of unsound- ness , attended by total loss of reasoning power . We observe in it the rapid flow of ideas through the mind , a want of power of association and control , loss of memory ...
... ment . Dementia is the almost hopeless form of unsound- ness , attended by total loss of reasoning power . We observe in it the rapid flow of ideas through the mind , a want of power of association and control , loss of memory ...
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