Papers of Lloyd Vernon Briggs, 1857-1940 (bulk).

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Papers of Lloyd Vernon Briggs, 1857-1940 (bulk).

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Contains correspondence, mostly personal; biographical information; reprints; and photographs. Some correspondence is with Walter Channing and concerns research on mental diseases and other subjects.

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Channing, Walter, 1849-1921

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Briggs, L. Vernon (Lloyd Vernon), 1863-1941

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Briggs (Medical College of Virginia, M.D. 1899) practiced medicine in Boston, Mass. and was instrumental in founding the Boston Psychopathic Hospital and Metropolitan State Hospital. His great interest was forensic psychiatry. The so-called "Briggs Law" of Massachusetts can be credited to his influence; this provides for a mental examination before trial of all persons indicted for a felony in the state. From the description of Papers of Lloyd Vernon Briggs, 1857-1940 (bulk). (Harvar...

Metropolitan State Hospital (Waltham, Mass.)

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Boston State Hospital. Psychopathic Dept.

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