Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 10, 2026

Rapid In Situ Hybridization using Oligonucleotide Probes on Paraformaldehyde-prefixed Brain of Rats with Serotonin Syndrome
Published on: September 23, 2015
Was it murder or insanity? Reactions to a successful paroxysmal insanity plea in 1865
1Preventive Medicine & Community Health, State University of New York, Health Science Center College of Medicine, Brooklyn 11203.
Abstract:
This 1865 Harris/Burroughs trial marked the first time that the paroxysmal [temporary] insanity plea was supported by expert medical testimony in a U.S. courtroom. Jurors agreed that the female defendant was insane at the time of the shooting due to being "crossed in love and suffering from painful dysmenorrhea." Attitudinal stances of the legal system, health professionals, newspapers and the public are illustrated. By merely changing the antebellum language, the reactions could be recycled into our current tabloid newspapers and titillating TV programs as if the tragedy occurred yesterday.
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
Reason and Intuition
Structuralism
Titchener's approach to structuralism was unique. He employed introspection, a method...
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Psychosurgery
Historical Development of Psychosurgery
In the 1930s, Portuguese neurologist Antonio Egas Moniz introduced a surgical procedure designed...
Huntington Disease l: Introduction
Seizures l: Introduction

