Did Mary Lincoln need committal?

[Liz Rosenthal]

(08-28-2013 05:03 PM)Ashley Norman Wrote:  I still think we need to look at the time of what they dub insane then verses what we dub insane now., it would make some sense that today the standards for insane are different then they were then. I'm saying what if they did not need as much to commit her then as they would now? thoughts>

It's likely the legal standard for insanity in 1875 was whatever the doctor thought it was.