or superintendents of the different asylums. Amongst so many instructive reports, it is difficult to select wherewith to begin our analysis; nevertheless, we think Yorkshire merits precedence, being the largest county in England, as also on account of the great importance of its lunatic institutions, whereby so much benefit is conferred upon the general population. The first we would notice is ...

Mathematics – the word alone can strike fear into hearts of students, parents, and educators alike. This emotional response seems to be not only acceptable, but almost expected and, should you differ, then are considered either a genius or bit insane. “How could someone like math?”, they think.

legal practice of taking these constraintsincluding insanity-into consideration was the attempt to understand the actions of criminals from their own point of view. The crime committed under insanity thus became an understandable act, and the insane criminal became an individual whose motivation and will were fathomable. Rather than simply labelling the insane with the stereotypes of madness or...