title: [A campaign against the law of 1838 governing the status of the mentally ill. Hector Malot, Léopold Turck, Théophile Huc -- a writer, a doctor, a lawyer].
abstract: When Napoleon the 3d's government turned to its liberal phase, dissatisfactions felt free to become visible, among which the problems engendered by the law of 1838 about the situation of mental patients; during the 60s, a novelist, Hector Malot; a doctor, Léopold Turck; a jurist, Théophile Huc, tried to amend it.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gourevitch
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D033161:Government Regulation / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D033241:Lawyers / Q000266:history*; D007883:Legislation, Medical / Q000266:history*; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D014956:Writing / Q000266:history*