LUNACY COMMISSIONS

Lunacy Reform

^JNDER this title there has recently been issued the report of the proceedings at a conference convened by Sir Frederick Willis, Chairman of the Board of Control, at which there were present Commissioners of the Board, Chairmen of Visiting Committees and Medical Superintendents of County and Borough Mental Hospitals. They met to consider " in what directions lunacy administration and the treatm...

Purchasing IPOs with Commissions

We find direct evidence that institutions churn stocks, increase commissions per share and pay unusually high commissions on trades in order to send abnormally high commissions to lead underwriters of upcoming IPOs. These excess commission payments are a particularly effective way for transient investors to receive lucrative IPO allocations. Our results suggest that the underwriter’s concern fo...

Inspectors of Lunacy for Scotland

Lunacy Bristol Fashion

services were provided for the well to do. During the 17th and 18th Centuries the provision of private services was a growth industry, as unfortunately it has again become in the latter part of the 20th Century. The private mad houses were frequently run by charlatans and were regarded with grave suspicion. This public unease became evident towards the end of the 18th Century when the treatment...

The Trade in Lunacy