MURDERS BY INSANE PERSONS.

Moors' Murders Publicity

Mental Health, to call the attention of the Press Council to a matter which recently has been the cause of considerable concern to members of the Association. Their concern arises from the amount of space, detail and prominence which has been given by certain sections of the Press in their reporting of a recent murder case.

Insane Delusions

On a Method of Administering, by Means of a New Contrivance, Nourishment to Insane Persons Who Refuse Food

Few asylums fail to number, amongst the unfortunates confided to their protection, certain individuals whose particular delusion induces them to decline taking the slightest sustenance, and who persist in their refusal during days, weeks, or even months.* Stratagem and persuasion are alike unavailing to alter their determination, and various and singular are the causes assigned for their conduc...

Some curare murders?

The President: Now it is my pleasure to introduce Dr Ann Ferguson. The title of her talk is “Some Curare Murders?” Well, that interests me. Dr Ferguson is a retired anaesthetist and she says that her particular interest in curare goes back to a research year at McGill University, in Montreal. Then, on retirement, she did the Diploma in the History of Medicine at the Society Apothecaries and her...

Who Is Insane?

between himself and an insane woman, he comes close to a satisfactory definition of insanity when he says to her, "You, of course, are insane, for this reason, the law provides that only insane persons shall be confined in asylums for the insane, while the sane are rigidly excluded. Now, as between you and me, you are legally confined in this asylum, and I am legally excluded; therefore, when y...