Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity

Issac Ray, (1807-1881). In 1838, he published "A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity". That book, and Ray's subsequent efforts established forensic psychiatry in the United States as a discipline with its own body of knowledge, skills, and professional goals. In 1896 Ray published a paper "Confinement of the Insane", in which he presented the three elements vital for any law regarding the involuntary hospitalization of the insane.Ray, Isaac is the author of 'Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity' with ISBN 9781893122727 and ISBN 1893122727.