Types of mental defectives . a chair-maker, was very eccentric; aged 32 years, and mother 34 when H., thethe fourth child, was born at full term, with ordinary labor. There are four brothers and one sister living and sound. Thepaternal grandmother died of pulmonary tuberculosis. This childseemed well until eleven months old. when after a severe attack of intert-mittent fever, he had paralysis of the lower limbs, which graduallyyielded to treatment, so that in time he recovered. He was very loquacious, though his vocabulary was limited, andhe never learned to formulate sentences of more than fo
Types of mental defectives . a chair-maker, was very eccentric; aged 32 years, and mother 34 when H., thethe fourth child, was born at full term, with ordinary labor. There are four brothers and one sister living and sound. Thepaternal grandmother died of pulmonary tuberculosis. This childseemed well until eleven months old. when after a severe attack of intert-mittent fever, he had paralysis of the lower limbs, which graduallyyielded to treatment, so that in time he recovered. He was very loquacious, though his vocabulary was limited, andhe never learned to formulate sentences of more than four laughed a great deal, was amiable, and a great tease to the otherchildren. At times was self-willed and disobedient, and at first persist-ently tore his clothing. In fourteen years he learned to cease destroying clothing, to washand dress himself, to aid in the care of the smaller and weaker children,and to do extremely simple house-work. When 22 years old he began, without warning, to have attacks of 26 PLATE V.
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