Commission in Lunacy
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Edgar Barker, of Edgeware-road, surgeon, examined by Mr. Baily.? Am a member of the College of Surgeons; know Mr. Henry Keith Stewart; liave attended him professionally ten or twelve years. He had epileptic fits. The effect produced was gradual destruction of his mental capacity; it now amounts to total unsoundness of mind, and he is totally incapable of taking care of himself or his property. By the Commissioner.?I saw him on the occasion of his first seizure with epilepsy; have seen him every year during the last ten years, some-
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