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Title: Types of mental defectives
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Barr, Martin W., 1860-1938 Maloney, Earle Francis, 1891- joint author
Subjects: Mental retardation People with mental disabilities Stupidity Mental Retardation Mentally Disabled Persons
Publisher: Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's son & co
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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ciles of High-grade. CASE E.—Middle-Grade Imbecile. M. W. was 24 years old when photo was taken. The paternalgrandfather drank heavily. The parents were both aged 28 when M.was born. His mother has tuberculosis and epilepsy in her family.M. was strong, well set-up, a splendid athlete and a magnificent speci-men of manhood. Though his birth was normal, he had meningitis atthe age of one year which left him deaf and able to speak only a fewwords. He could not learn to read or write, but became an expertcabinet-maker and an excellent tailor. CASE F.—Middle-Grade Moral Imbecile. O. H. was 29 years old when photo was taken. He is active,noisy, affectionate, dishonest, untruthful, obstinate, dangerous withfire, and a sexual pervert. His powers of attention, imitation, andmemory are excellent, but he could not learn to read or write. Other-wise he is very clever, especially with his hands. He loves to work, anddoes it well. He is a good carpenter and a good artisan, for he has PLATE XXXT
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173 VARIOUS TYPES 175 much mechanical ingenuity. He is devoted to music, but cannot learnto play any instrument. He is exceedingly clever at athletic sports.He is a good cook and shows judgment in many things, but is verychildish; he simply reasons and thinks as a child; and for him there isno past or future. AFTER-WORD By comparing the picture with the short description of the caseaccompanying each—including the diagnosis, family history, and notesof mental progress or retrogression—a very fair idea of the type can begained, and put into practice in daily examinations of defective children. We have therefore, for the most part, given only types most com-monly met with and that can be readily recognized. The idiot, idio-imbecile and low-grade imbecile can be easily diag-nosed: but it is the higher grades, and especially the moral imbeciles,which are most difficult; as their defect, often concealed, is frequentlyunrecognizable to the untrained eye. Practice, however, soon makes per

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