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British Columbia passes the "Insane Asylums" Act.
Date: 1873
Mental health & psych
Laws/legislation/policy
The act states that persons deemed to be "lunatics" can be committed to an "insane asylum" upon certificates issued by doctors who have examined the patient in each other’s presence.
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