. Backward and feeble-minded children; clinical studies in the psychology of defectives, with a syllabus for the clinical examination and testing of children . d hishearing is slightly dull on the left. His lips are thick and his palate is square-angled, flat,and bmad. The palpebral fissures are not large, the skinis dark, there is slight lordosis, and the general body bal-ance is not very well maintained. There has been no medicalexamination, but he has been considered to be healthy. In school David reads very intelligently in the fifthreader, works problems in fractions and even some in In-t
. Backward and feeble-minded children; clinical studies in the psychology of defectives, with a syllabus for the clinical examination and testing of children . d hishearing is slightly dull on the left. His lips are thick and his palate is square-angled, flat,and bmad. The palpebral fissures are not large, the skinis dark, there is slight lordosis, and the general body bal-ance is not very well maintained. There has been no medicalexamination, but he has been considered to be healthy. In school David reads very intelligently in the fifthreader, works problems in fractions and even some in In-terest, is good at spelling and fair but not neat in drawing,lie is awkward in calisthenics and in dancing. In manualwork he is very satisfactory, has ideas and uses them inarranging his work, chooses the right tools and goes aheadusing them with skill. 1 le recognizes his mistakes, of him- CLINICAL STUDIES OF BORDER CASES. [49 self. He shows much interest in history, attends well, getson well with others, is trustworthy, cleanly, and never getsexcited. lie plays solo B Mat clarionet in the band andorchestra, makes about normal progress here, and will be. DAVID F. a good sight reader and a good clarionetist, to quote hisinstructor. \Yhen questioned David readily told me the capitals ofCalifornia, Texas, Illinois, and the United States, the namesof the largest and the smallest ocean, the boundaries of hisown state, the name of the largest city in California, in Illi-nois, and in the United States, etc. lie said the Revolution 150 BACKWARD AND FEEBLE-MINDED CHILDREN. occurred because England would not let the colonies sendmen to Parliament to help make laws. His answers weregiven in a uniformly intelligent manner. Fairly informed and well-adapted as he seems to be in theknowledge current in the school, the request to do a fewsimple operations with numbers gave a significant kind offailure: Asked to multiply 20 X 476 he was completelyconfused and finally gave as the product 1167/3.
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