Legislation and Lunacy

- Title
- Legislation and Lunacy
- Subject
- Asylum system, criminality
- Description
- "Legislation and Lunacy: We shut the sane man and let-the happy crank wander at large."
Illustration from Puck magazine discussing the contemporary non-specialist perpsective on the implications of the insanity defense - letting criminals get off lightly with an asylum sentance while also allowing the mentally ill to cause trouble in society. - Creator
- Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann
- Source
- Collection: Charles Guiteau Papers
Folder: Oversize (Prints & Photographs Collection)
File: "Legislation and Lunacy" Puck (magazine)
Find in our collection under the call number 2016.001.001. - Publisher
- Puck Magazine
- Date
- 1881-82(?)
- Format
- Lithograph, ink on paper
- Language
- English
- Type
- Lithographic illustration
- Original Format
- Lithograph, ink on paper
- Text
- Legislation and Lunacy:
We shut the sane man and let-the happy crank wander at large.
Citation
Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann, “Legislation and Lunacy,” Oskar Diethelm Library, Weill Cornell Medical College, accessed February 9, 2025, https://oskardiethelm.omeka.net/items/show/359.