. The mental affections of children : idiocy, imbecility and insanity. losing. Is fond of music ; can countup to 20; knows the use of money; never could learnthe alphabet entirely. Frank, good-natured, and confiding. PARALYTIC IDIOCY 171 Her mother, who is a washerwoman, leaves her in the commonstair all day when she is out at her work. X. S-, eight years of age. The youngest of eight rest are all alive and health)-. When six months had anillness of which no distinct account was given, except that hewas not thought likely to recover, and could scarcely be gotto swallow. After comi
. The mental affections of children : idiocy, imbecility and insanity. losing. Is fond of music ; can countup to 20; knows the use of money; never could learnthe alphabet entirely. Frank, good-natured, and confiding. PARALYTIC IDIOCY 171 Her mother, who is a washerwoman, leaves her in the commonstair all day when she is out at her work. X. S-, eight years of age. The youngest of eight rest are all alive and health)-. When six months had anillness of which no distinct account was given, except that hewas not thought likely to recover, and could scarcely be gotto swallow. After coming out of this illness he was noticedto want the power of the right arm and leg. Laugh some-what unequal, it brings out a slight paralysis in right side offace ; slavers from the right lip. Measurement of Head. Antcro-posterior . . 36 c. Circumference . 53 j Transverse . . ?4 Sum 123J The head appeared to the eye to be unequal. On measur-ing from the outer angle of the orbit t the middle of thevertex the distance was the right side, and but \2\. Circumference ol the head, on • reduced 51 lie, of X. >.. tiken about the level of supm-orl iial ridgeand the tuberosity 01 the occiput, by Dr Clapham. with Conform&teur. on the left side. This was owing to an unusual flatness <.fthe frontal bone a little in front of the coronal suture. Therewas also a slight flatness on the posterior part of the left 172 ON IDIOCY AND IMBECILITY parietal bone, and an irregular contour of the left circumfer-ence, as shown in the engraving. Can be sent little messages. Does not know how tospend money ; but lives in a solitary place away from tell if any accident happened to him ; merry and good-natured ; has never received any training. Dr Klebs gives an account of a grown-up idiot who wasemployed to frighten birds from the corn. He could speak afew words, and was gentle and docile. His left arm wasshorter and thinner than the right, and the left leg was alsothinner. There was
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