BlairD., The Medicolegal Aspects of Automatism, (1977) Med. Sci. Law, 17, 167, writes in a somewhat confusing manner, ‘Ritchie was charged with negligent driving causing death, but evidence showed that he was suffering from temporary mental dissociation (and automatism) from the toxic effects of carbon monoxide in petrol fumes and he was acquitted’.
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Mayer-GrossW.SlaterE.RothM., Clinical Psychiatry, Cassell and Co. (1954) Chapter 7.
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American Handbook of Psychiatry (1959) Ed. ArietiS., Basic Books, Inc. New York, Vol. 2, Chapter 60 contributed by Ebaugh F. G. and Tiffany W. J. (Jr.).
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HowardC., Criminal Law, 3rd edn. The Law Book Co.Melbourne (1977) At page 331 he writes: ‘the first reported case in which the word “automatism” was used in its now generally understood sense appears to be Harrison-Own in England in 1951′. (see (1951) 35 Cr. App. R. 108).
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ArietiS. (1959) American Handbook of Psychiatry, Basic Books Inc. New York.
