1817 HASLAM, John (1764 – 1844)
Medical jurisprudence as it relates to insanity, according to the laws of England.
The first English work on the forensic aspects of mental illness. Digital facsimile from Wellcome Forensics Collection, Internet Archive, at this link.
GMN 7108 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9275
1825 HEINROTH, Johann Christian August (1773 – 1843)
System der psychisch-gerichtlichen Medizin, oder theoretisch-praktische Anweisung zur wissenschaftlichen Erkenntniss und gutachtlichen Darstellung der krankhaften persönlichen Zustände, welche vor Gericht in Betracht kommen.
The first important work exclusively on medico-legal aspects of insanity. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 1736 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3060
1835 FRIEDREICH, Johann Baptist (1796 – 1862)
Systematisches Handbuch der gerichtlichen Psychologie für Medicinalbeamte, Richter und Vertheidiger.
A comprehensive manual on forensic psychiatry, preceding Isaac Ray's book by three years. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 11750 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13950
1838 RAY, Isaac (1807 – 1881)
A treatise on the medical jurisprudence of insanity.
The first authoritative and comprehensive treatise in English on forensic psychiatry. Ray became the most influential American writer on forensic psychiatry in the 19th century. He put the above work through five edit…
GMN 1739 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6161
1842 PRICHARD, James Cowles (1786 – 1848)
On the different forms of insanity in relation to jurisprudence, designed for the use of persons concerned in legal questions regarding unsoundness of mind.
In this book Prichard presented his arguments for introducing the concept of diminished responsibility and irresistable impulse into the legal precedents. Hunter & McAlpine, 836-42. Digital facsimile from the Wellcome…
GMN 13121 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15377
1843 WINSLOW, Forbes Benignus (1810 – 1874)
The plea of insanity in criminal cases.
One of the first attempts to outline criteria through which to determine the legitimacy of an insanity plea. The was resolved later in 1843 with the establishment of the M'Naghten Rules, (McNaghten) which this work un…
GMN 13250 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15515
1857 TARDIEU, Auguste Ambroise (1818 – 1879)
Étude médico-légale sur les attentats aux moeurs.
“Extrait des Annales d’hygiène publique et de médicine légale, 2e série, tome VIII." Tardieu divided his book on "sexual crimes" into three parts: the first deals with indecent exposures, the second with rape, and the…
GMN 8891 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11069
1962 KEMPE, C. Henry (Karl Heinz Kempe) (1922 – 1984); SILVERMAN, Frederick N. (1914 – 2006); STEELE, Brandt F. (1908 – 2005); DROEGEMUELLER, William; SILVER, Henry K. (1918 – 1991)
The battered-child syndrome.
"In 1962, Dr. C. Henry Kempe and his colleagues led the identification and recognition of child abuse with the defining paper, The Battered Child Syndrome. This paper was regarded as the single most significant event …
GMN 8893 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11071
1968 WALKER, Nigel (1917 – 2014)
Crime and insanity in England. Volume one: The historical perspective. (All published.)
GMN 11751 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13951
1977 WEST, Donald James (1924 – ); WALK, Alexander (1901 – 1982)
Daniel McNaughton: His trial and the aftermath, edited by Donald J. West and Alexander Walk.
A collective work edited by West and Walk.
GMN 7074 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9241
1989 COLAIZZI, Janet (1936 – )
Homicidal insanity, 1800-1985.
"Homicidal insanity has remained a vexation to both the psychiatric and legal professions despite the panorama of scientific and social change during the past 200 years. The predominant opinion today among psychiatris…
GMN 9805 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11993
2004 MORMAN, Edward T.; MCKENZIE, Joan; SADOFF, Robert Leslie (1936 – 2017)
Catalog of the Robert L. Sadoff Library of Forensic Psychiatry and Legal Medicine.
Sadoff donated this library of about 4,000 items to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 2004.
GMN 8723 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10901
2015 SADOFF, Robert Leslie (1936 – 2017)
The evolution of forensic psychiatry: History, current developments, future directions. Edited by Robert L. Sadoff.
GMN 8724 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10902
