Medical Conference
Por United Press Association
WBtIiINOTO'N, March 17
At the conference to^iay a paper was read by Dr (Jow, medical officer of tho Mount View Asylmn, on responsibility iin crime. Two judges and a number of lawyers were present. Dr Gow'a paper dealt chiefly with suggestions aa to the treatment of prisoners who suffer 'from mental disease, indeterminate sentences being {
recommenced, ond also with the question whether or not a. now definition of insanity should bo incorporated in the present law, to allow doctors more scope in giving evidenco
in relation to the mental condition oi" prisoners charged with a particular class of crime. In the discussion which took place the establishment of halfway houses between gaols and asylum's was recommended for the treatment of persons suffering from some mental affliction.
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Southland Times, Issue 19305, 18 March 1904, Page 2
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132Medical Conference Southland Times, Issue 19305, 18 March 1904, Page 2
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