Madness in Florence in the 14th-18th centuries. Judicial inquiry and medical diagnosis, care, and custody

Int J Law Psychiatry. 1998 Fall;21(4):355-68. doi: 10.1016/s0160-2527(98)00021-1.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Commitment of Mentally Ill / history*
  • Commitment of Mentally Ill / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Criminal Law / history*
  • History, 15th Century
  • History, 16th Century
  • History, 17th Century
  • History, 18th Century
  • History, Medieval
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Mental Disorders / diagnosis
  • Mental Disorders / history*
  • Mental Disorders / therapy
  • Prisons / history*