The Idiot: His Place in Creation, and His Claims on SocietyBateman, Frederick, Sir
Science
The Idiot: His Place in Creation, and His Claims on Society
Bateman, Frederick, Sir
Mental retardation; Stupidity
Horsley, Victor, Prof., 90, 100
Howe, 26, 33
Humphry, Sir George, on
Craniectomy, 102
Idiocy, causes of, 23
classification of, 17
definition of, 15
its bearing on Evolution, 72
moral aspect of, 117
pathological anatomy of, 43
should not be confounded with insanity, 19
social aspect of, 116
Idiot, the, description of, 22
his association with the insane a disadvantage, 19
his claims on society, 12, 114
phosphorus in the brain of, 52
possesses the tripartite nature of man, 120
Intellectual differences
between men and women, 36
Intemperance of parents,
a factor in idiocy, 26
Ireland, W.W., 18, 25, 34, 42, 47, 90, 103
Janet, Paul, on phosphorus
in the brain, 53
Kerlin, 27
Kirkby, 91
Kocher, 90
Ladies' Association, 108
Langdon-Down, 17, 30, 33, 48
Lassaigne, 53
Lelut, on the cranium of
idiots, 44
Lewes, G.H., 63
Lewi, 93
Lunatic Asylums, not
adapted for idiots, 19
Lundie, 93
Lunier, 31
Luys, on the brain of idiots, 51
Lynn Linton, Mrs., on
women's sphere of usefulness, 38
Massachussetts report on idiocy, 26
Matter and mind, 55
Mierzejewski, on the brain of idiots, 58
Millard, W., 78
Mind, independent of its material organ, 66
Mingazzini, on the cerebral convolutions, 44
Moleschott, 52
Moreau, on hereditary predisposition, 25
his ideas on genius, 53
Murray, G., 90, 93
New York Academy of Medicine, discussion at, 93
Norway, prevalence of idiocy in, 28
Odium theologicum, 73
Parental intemperance, 27
Parker, Rushton, 99
Pathological anatomy of idiocy, 43
Permanent Endowment Fund, 82
Phosphorus, its relation to intellectual vigour, 52
Plato, 22, 64
Pneuma, an attribute of the idiot, 71
Psychological Congress in Paris, 58
Richardson, Sir B.W., on the effects of alcohol, 30
Saeger, 87
Schiff, 90
Science and Theology should not be antagonistic, 74
Séguin, 15, 35
Sex in Education, on, 36
Shakespeare, his definition of idiocy, 15
Shuttleworth, 28, 33, 50, 87
Sidney, 80
Strahan, 41
Sweden, alcoholic abuse in, 31
Telford-Smith, on sporadic cretinism, 99
Thomson, J., 93, 99
Thucidides, 21
Thyroid feeding, 90
psychical effects of, 100
Toussenel, 29
Toxic idiocy, 28
Treatment of idiocy, 81
medico-pedagogic, 102
satisfactory results of, at the Eastern Counties' Asylum, 88
Trousseau, on consanguine marriages, 35
Turner, J.J. C., 33, 117
Vacherot, 58
Voisin, Auguste, 51, 95
Wagner, 45
Westcott, 41
Westfelt, on the influence of alcohol on progeny and race, 31
Wilbur, 28
Wilmath, 44
Winn, 67
EASTERN COUNTIES'
ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS,
COLCHESTER.
_Instituted 1st February, 1859._
Patron:
H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.
Presidents:
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