Types of mental defectives . a slight hesitancy in speech. Speaks readilyEnglish, German, and also Romany. Memory good, as is alsorecognition of form, color and number values. Powers of attentionand imitation fair. Can write, and reads the daily paper intelligently. Nervous and active, he accomplished simple house service, makingbeds, sweeping and washing dishes. His table habits were untidy. Hewas disobedient, untruthful, untrustworthy, profane, and vulgar,especially to women, in whose company he found no pleasure, butdelighted in talking in the most filthy manner to men in their
Types of mental defectives . a slight hesitancy in speech. Speaks readilyEnglish, German, and also Romany. Memory good, as is alsorecognition of form, color and number values. Powers of attentionand imitation fair. Can write, and reads the daily paper intelligently. Nervous and active, he accomplished simple house service, makingbeds, sweeping and washing dishes. His table habits were untidy. Hewas disobedient, untruthful, untrustworthy, profane, and vulgar,especially to women, in whose company he found no pleasure, butdelighted in talking in the most filthy manner to men in their quarreling with the boys he showed cowardice by invariably select-ing a smaller one on whom to vent his anger. A glance at some of his quarterly records shows the gradual effectof discipline and training: Feb. I, 1895: This boy developing an ugly temper, hasseveral times threatened the matron, and suddenly scratched bothsides of his face, and also pulled a bunch of hair from his head, threat-ening to kill himself. PLATE XIX. ! IP ^s^ -,. J^W% •? j-£l^ ^Mlfl ^, , ^^ f ?4**^^^ N—I N—II
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