CERTIFICATES IN CASES OF LUNACY.

Legal Cases in Lunacy

The title to traverse an inquisition by a person who has been found lunatic is a matter of right; but the Court, before granting the writ, will satisfy itself, by personal (or other) examination, that the alleged lunatic is able to exercise volition, and really desires to traverse the finding of the jury. In order to keep the expenses of a petition to traverse within proper limits, the Lord Cha...

Lunacy Reform

^JNDER this title there has recently been issued the report of the proceedings at a conference convened by Sir Frederick Willis, Chairman of the Board of Control, at which there were present Commissioners of the Board, Chairmen of Visiting Committees and Medical Superintendents of County and Borough Mental Hospitals. They met to consider " in what directions lunacy administration and the treatm...

The Trade in Lunacy

Lunacy in India

warm welcome not only from students and medical men but also from the legal community and all those who have to deal with the problems of Insanity in India. The conditions that prevail in India are so different from those in European countries that students of mental diseases in this country are fortunate in having a text-book specially written for their needs. The medico-legal chapters will be...

Inspectors of Lunacy for Scotland