‘Found Incapable’

As senility came to be recognised as a distinct diagnosis, methods of protecting patients – from themselves and from others – had to change. 

Portrait of an unnamed woman, Vilhelm Hammershøi, late 19th or early 20th century. Artepics/Alamy Stock Photo
Portrait of an unnamed woman, Vilhelm Hammershøi, late 19th or early 20th century. Artepics/Alamy Stock Photo

 

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