Hypertrichosis in a Mentally Defective Child

The Mentally Defective Child at Home

The Physical Education of the Mentally Defective Child

increase of function of the muscular system and all-round physical development. These two results are wanted but they do not stand alone; and in the case of a mentally defective child, the mental effects of a thorough system of training can plainly be seen. As to whether these effects are permanent or merely transitory I submit no proof, for my own work has not been continuous or even carried o...

Prisons and the Mentally Defective

Deficiency Act. Under Section 9 of the Act, 23 persons found to be mentally defective were removed from prison to Certified Institutions. In the years 1924-27, the average annual number of prisoners certified as M.D. was 257; in the years 1928-34, the annual average was 251; the amended definitions in the M.D. Act of 1927 appear therefore to have little practical effect, so far as this particul...

Minoxidil induced hypertrichosis in a 2 year-old child

We report a case of a 2 year-old male patient who developed generalized hypertrichosis after 2 months of treatment with 5% minoxidil foam for alopecia areata. This report highlights the danger of prescribing  topical minoxidil to young children and the need to correctly instruct caretakers about its administration.

Work among the Mentally Defective in Switzerland

By Gertrud Lortscher. Translated by W. E. Houghton. Who is mentally defective? The idea of mental deficiency is a wide one, involvingmuch discussion. Psychologists vary in their conception of its boundaries. I am not going to discuss this question, but rather the place in social life of him who is considered mentally defective. " He is abnormal, who, on account of a deviation in his intellectua...