The American System of Public Provision for the Insane, and Despotism in Lunatic Asylums (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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A recognition of the fact that insanity is the result of physical disorder, which is not subject to the control or influence of Will, and therefore constitutes a condi tion of irresponsibility, aroused a naturally strong interest in the minds of all thinking people in the wel fare of the insane. This interest culminated, within the present century, in a general movement toward a public provision for the insane as wards of the State.

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