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Witnessing insanity: Madness and mad-doctors in the English courts

✍ Scribed by Janet A. Tighe

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 19 KB
Volume: 33
Category: Article
ISSN: 0022-5061
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6696(199722)33:3<297::aid-jhbs23>3.0.co;2-o

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