| Description Of Item | Newspaper cutting on mental diseases which highlights Thomas Laycock’s introductory address and course of lectures and the importance of having both practical experience in insane asylums and scientific study. Details cases in which this has proved significant – including the case of George Victor Townley, who was sentenced as guilty and set to be hung for the murder of a young lady. However, the judge – hearing the opinions of several practitioners – found him not of sound mind and he was sent to Bethlehem Hospital, London. The practitioner there found him of sound mind and he was sent to penal servitude for life. |