The Professor and the Madman

Defense attorney Clarke, referring to defendant Dr. William Chester Minor: "In the confusion of night, he failed to discern the difference between his assailant and the innocent George Merrett." (0:03)

Lead juror: "We, the members of her Majesty’s jury find Dr. William Chester Minor not guilty of the willful murder of George Merrett... on the grounds of insanity."
Minor: ”I am not insane, sir.”
Judge: ”William Chester Minor, it is hereby this court’s ruling that you shall be detained in safe custody at Broadmoor Asylum for the Criminally Insane until Her Majesty’s pleasure be known.” (0:04)

Alienist Dr. Richard Brayne, referring to Minor: "The prisoner is in a rage... Dr. Richard Brayn, alienist superintendent, Broadmoor Asylum." (0:13)

The screams of an injured guard trigger flashbacks of Minor's combat experiences. (0:22)

Brayn tells Minor, referring to a chair with restraints, "Rush’s tranquilizer... Dr. Rush believed that if the patient could be rendered entirely immobile during the convulsions of mania, then madness itself would be countered."
Phrenology bust
Minor: ”You think I’m insane.” (0:25)

Man: "As treatment?"
Minor: ”I don’t need treatment.”
Brayn: ”Not as treatment.”
Brain dictates phrenological dimensions.
Brayn: ”How can a man of such high breeding have regressed through disease so far back to animality?” (0:33)

Minor: "You crazy, beautiful bastard." (0:37)

A man strikes George Merrett’s wife Eliza Merrett in the head.(0:38)

Editor James Murray tells Minor, "I’d be useless tending to your patients..."
Minor: ”One brilliant, one mad.” (1:02)

Minor tells guard Coleman, "I have injured myself." (1:21)

Brayn tells Murray, "You may be shocked. " (1:22)

Minor tells Murray, "Madness gave us words..."
”You can leave the lunatic to his delusions.” (1:23)

His wife Ada asks Murray, referring to Minor, "How long have you known about his madness?"
”His work on the dictionary proves he is sane.”
Murray: ”This one hits his children...” (1:29)

Brayn: "It is time to commence a course of more invasive and experimental treatments." (1:33)

Brayn tells Murray, "Dr. Minor is a patient in my care... this is severe catalepsy." (1:37)

Ada tells the others, "... yet, two such men found each other in our time: my husband and his friend, the murderous madman." (1:43)

A judge asks Brayn, referring to Minor, "Under what conditions did he enter catalepsy"
Brayn: ”Documented procedures of treatment.”
Judge: ”With the patient’s agreement?” (1:48)

The judge tells Murray and Frederick James Furnivall, referring to Minor, "The particulars of his treatment that have come to light are troubling, but they are an indictment of the entire criminally insane system..." (1:51)

A man tells Murray and Furnivall, referring to Winston Churchill, "... it’s put him in a foul mood."
Murray: ”Mr. Churchill, please.” (1:51)

Title: "Dr. William Chester Minor, after receiving treatment at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, D.C., was finally diagnosed with schizophrenia." (1:58)