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IX. 



Responsibility in Mental Disease. 



By HENRY MAUDSLEY, M. D., 

 Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians ; Professor of Medical Jurisprudence 

 in University College, London. 



I vol., l2mo. Cloth Price, $1.50. 



''Having lectured in a medical college on Mental Disease, this book has been a 

 feast to us. It handles a great subject in a masterly manner, and, m our judgment, 

 the positions taken by the author are correct and well sustamed. In his second chap- 

 ter he has well marked out the border-line between sanity and msanity, speaks of the 

 prophets of the Old Testament, the epileptic nature of Mahomet's visions, crime and 

 insanity, epileptic insanity, etc. Here we can bear testimony to the truth of his re- 

 marks from professional experience, having had probably more epileptic patients than 

 any other physician of our day to treat." — Pastor and People, 



" The author is at home in his subject, and presents his views in an almost singu- 

 larly clear and satisfactory manner. . . . The volume is a valuable contribution to one 

 of the most difficult, and at the same time one of the most important subjects of inves- 

 tigation at the present day." — N. Y. Observer. 



** It is a work profound and searching, and abounds in wisdom." — Pittsburg Com- 

 mercial. 



" Handles the important topic with masterly power, and its suggestions are prac- 

 tical and of great value." — Providence Press. 



** Dr. Maudsley's book appears to us timely and valuable as bringing within the 

 reach of every person the facts which, to the multitude, are often inaccessible." — 

 Chicago Tribune. 



"Dr. Maudsley's treatise cannot but have an influence on the jurisprudence of the 

 future with respect to the insane." — Buffalo Courier. 



"A compact presentation of those facts and principles which require to be taken 

 into account in estimating human responsibility." — Popular Science Monthly. 



" The International Scientific Series, whose merits have commanded such 

 a prompt and extended recognition by the reading and thinking public, has its scope 

 considerably enlarged by the publication of this, its latest volume. The treatise of 

 Prof. Maudsley relates to a subject of peculiar interest, and which to every one has 

 more or less importance. How far insanity, whether partial or entire, affects the re- 

 sponsibility of the sufferer, is ably argued, the importance of the question warranting 

 the length of the treatise, which the admirable style of the author renders of constant 

 interest throughout." — Boston Post. 



" The author has evidently devoted much study to his theme, which he discusses 

 with commendable common-sense. His style is clear and his essay is decidedly inter- 

 esting." — The Cultivator and Country Gentleman. 



" The style is clear and vigorous. In the chapter on Law and Insanity the author 

 commends himself, by his acute criticisms and judicial deliverances, to the attention of 

 lawyers." — The Christian Era. 



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