Nervous and mental diseases . Fig. 327—Epileptic idiocy. Fig. 328 —Imbecile, with extreme dolichocephaly.(Length-breadth index, 51.). Fig. 329.—Heniiplegic(Blaiuvillecars. idiocy. Fig. 330.—Microcephalic imbecile. ^ iiH^ i ^g^^^^^^^^^^Mk ^BP^ 1^ ^mmm0 1 ?-- ^ jk^.^r ^ .\ ^^ JIBBa^ 1 KkJ Fig. 331.—Idiocy as a result of dementia from acuteinsanity in childhood. 874 Fig. 332.—Epileptic idiocy. IDIOCY. 875 6. Traumatic idiocy. 6. Sensorial idiocy. 7. Meningitic idiocy. 8. Myxedematous idiocy, or cretinism. 9. Amaurotic Idiots savants. It is impossible, in the brief space allot
Nervous and mental diseases . Fig. 327—Epileptic idiocy. Fig. 328 —Imbecile, with extreme dolichocephaly.(Length-breadth index, 51.). Fig. 329.—Heniiplegic(Blaiuvillecars. idiocy. Fig. 330.—Microcephalic imbecile. ^ iiH^ i ^g^^^^^^^^^^Mk ^BP^ 1^ ^mmm0 1 ?-- ^ jk^.^r ^ .\ ^^ JIBBa^ 1 KkJ Fig. 331.—Idiocy as a result of dementia from acuteinsanity in childhood. 874 Fig. 332.—Epileptic idiocy. IDIOCY. 875 6. Traumatic idiocy. 6. Sensorial idiocy. 7. Meningitic idiocy. 8. Myxedematous idiocy, or cretinism. 9. Amaurotic Idiots savants. It is impossible, in the brief space allotted this subject, to discussthese various forms of idiocy in detail. The reader must be referredto special works and articles on idiocy—to the general works of Downs,Shuttleworth, Yoisin, Sollier, etc.—and to the monographs by thewriter and others. Hydrocephalic, microcephalic, paralytic, epileptic,and traumatic idiocy are readily recognized by their symptoms or idiocy is a form due to the congenital or early loss of twosuch senses as sight and hearing. Properly treated, these patients arecapable
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