A treatise on the medical jurisprudence of insanity

Frontmatter Editor's Introduction by Winfred Overholser (page vii) A Note on the Text (page xvii) A TREATISE ON THE MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE OF INSANITY PREFACE (page 5) PRELIMINARY VIEWS (page 11) I MENTAL DISEASE IN GENERAL (page 58) II IDIOCY (page 61) III IMBECILITY (page 65) IV LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF MENTAL DEFICIENCY (page 78) V PATHOLOGY AND SYMPTOMS OF MANIA (page 104) VI INTELLECTUAL MANIA (page 116) VII MORAL MANIA (page 127) VIII LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF MANIA (page 173) IX DEMENTIA (page 203) X LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF DEMENTIA (page 210) XI FEBRILE DELIRIUM (page 215) XII LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF DELIRIUM (page 219) XIII DURATION AND CURABILITY OF MADNESS (page 224) XIV LUCID INTERVALS (page 230) XV SIMULATED INSANITY (page 243) XVI CONCEALED INSANITY (page 261) XVII SUICIDE (page 267) XVIII LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF SUICIDE (page 275) XIX SOMNAMBULISM (page 277) XX LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF SOMNAMBULISM (page 283) XXI SIMULATED SOMNAMBULISM (page 286) XXII EFFECT OF INSANITY ON EVIDENCE (page 289) XXIII DRUNKENNESS (page 298) XXIV LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF DRUNKENNESS (page 309) XXV INTERDICTION (page 325) APPENDIX I (page 343) APPENDIX II (page 351) LIST OF CASES (page 369) INDEX (page 371)