The Certification Of Insanity: Local Origins And Imperial Consequences

Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
1 Introduction
	Madness, Power, and Empire
	The Certification of Lunacy Around the World
	Local Origins and Imperial Consequences
2 The Medical Certificate: A Technology of Inspection, Identification, and Expertise
	Introduction
	Technologies of Fact-Finding
	Under the Hands and Seals
	Skilled Observers
	Conclusions
3 Upon the Following Grounds: The Victorian System of Certification
	Introduction
	Liberty, Trade, and Privacy
	Regulating Medical Power
	Proofs on Paper
	Conclusions
4 Building Expert Certifiers: The Rise of Psychological Physicians
	Introduction
	Expertise and Certification
	The Risk of Certifying
	Instructing Certifiers
	Conclusions
5 Facts of Insanity Around the World: Towards an Imperial History of Lunacy Certificates
	Introduction
	Charting an Imperial Phenomenon
	An Imperial Technology
	Bringing Facts to the Pacific
	Conclusions
6 A Choreography of Consensus: The Use of Hybrid Templates in Ontario
	Introduction
	The Rise of Form K
	The Art of Certifying
	Are Three Better Than Two?
	Conclusions
7 Epilogue
Appendices
Appendix A: Major Legislation in the Age of Government Growth, England and Wales, 1773–1933
Appendix B: Certification in English Law, 1344–1914
Appendix C: Medical Certification in English Law, 1695–1913
Appendix D: Statutory Requirements for Civil Confinement in England and Wales, 1713–1890
Appendix E: Chronological Diffusion of the Victorian System of Certification
Appendix F: Geographical Diffusion of the Victorian System of Certification
References
Index