The Hard Palate in Normal and Feeble-minded lndivlduals

Gardening and the Feeble-Minded

as the outdoor activities of mental defectives in institutions had previously been limited to elementary jobs, such as sweeping the paths, and generally acting as labourers to the staff engaged on the ornamental gardens. It was recognised that, for many years, patients in large mental institutions and colonies had been employed on farms, pig feeding, etc.; some of them had been taught to milk c...

The Feeble-Minded

Industries for the Feeble-Minded

Orthogenic Cases—XVII—Jack: Feeble-Minded or Normal

were handsome brown ones guarded by the longest and blackest of curly lashes. (These lashes, Jack informed us, he bought in New York.) His cheeks were radiant with bright color and his white skin was of very fine texture. His dark hair was coarse and straight. During the year that Jack attended Dr. Vfitmer's school, he practically never entered upon any spontaneous activity. His muscles seemed ...

The Memory of the Feeble-Minded

Some modern writers on mental deficiency regard the feeble-minded as a class that has some one mental defect in common, varying in degree only. This simple conception is perhaps due to the tendency of late years to emphasise the quantitative aspect of mental deficiency and to neglect qualitative distinctions. But teachers, psychologists, and medical officers, who deal with the practical problem...