. Backward and feeble-minded children; clinical studies in the psychology of defectives, with a syllabus for the clinical examination and testing of children . the face is not entirely symmetri-cal and its expression is asymmetrical, contracting unequallyas he laughs. The palate is a little high, the ears are notsymmetrical, the skin is pale. The medical examination records a little irregular-ity of the heart and ofthe right lung, with aslightly enlarged school Felix readswith difficulty in thethird reader, is calledvery good in spelling.::calisthenics and has difficulty
. Backward and feeble-minded children; clinical studies in the psychology of defectives, with a syllabus for the clinical examination and testing of children . the face is not entirely symmetri-cal and its expression is asymmetrical, contracting unequallyas he laughs. The palate is a little high, the ears are notsymmetrical, the skin is pale. The medical examination records a little irregular-ity of the heart and ofthe right lung, with aslightly enlarged school Felix readswith difficulty in thethird reader, is calledvery good in spelling.::calisthenics and has difficulty withthe multiplication tables,lie attends normallyalong the lines of his in-terests only. lie usesprofane and obscenelanguage, and bulliesand is sometimes cruel ffi i\ \ to otner children. It is in music thatFelix wins distinction. To quote his instructor, he is rathera genius as a performer on the cornet. In two years be liascovered about five years work usually allotted to a cornetstudent, has perfect control of embouchure, tones are sure,velocity very rapid. Plays cadenzas from Bohemian Girlwith per feet ease and in an artistic manner. Plays a ballad. This means that he can learn a spoiling lesson well, lint notethe examples of his spelling in practice. CLINICAL STUDIES OF BORDER CASES. 33 with feeling. lie will learn a new selection as rapidly isa normal child of the same age. Mental examination with Binet tests in January, 1910,gave Felix a mental age of ten and a half years, a retarda-tion thus of two and a half years. Re-examined in , under very favorable conditions and with much care,he could only earn a mental age of nine and a half years, aretardation then of four and a half years. This agrees withthe reports of both his attendant and his physician, who findthat Felix has been going back, becoming less intelligentas time goes on, in spite of his evident progress in bandwork. In these tests helix stated the month (January) to beNovember or October. He showe
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