Toxoplasma skin- and dye-test surveys of severely subnormal patients in Lincolnshire

Teaching the Severely Subnormal

This book is especially designed to help those beginning work in junior trail11"! j centres. The need for one has long been felt and the book is brief, simple, warmhear , | and encouraging, dealing in an understanding way with the problems of both teachers a j children. New teachers will also find the chapters on subnormality and on phys'c handicaps most useful. ^ Inexplicably, the chapters on ...

Numbers of relatives of severely subnormal children.

Knox (1959) suggested that "the patterns revealed by counting the numbers of aunts, uncles, and possibly other non-descendant relatives, offer a new means of characterizing some congenital abnormalities, and that these patterns are probably caused by the genetic or environmental factors which contribute to the occurrence of these diseases". It is not known whether non-specific mental subnormali...

Unstable behaviour in severely subnormal children.

Observing Children Who Are Severely Subnormal

as possible. The author shows the importance of communication with the severely subnormal child and of correct timing and imagination in the teacher's responses to him. She points out the value, on occasions, of observing the child without being involved and suggests useful ways of achieving this. Her points are well illustrated by case histories and actual observations made by students in the ...

Toxoplasma dye test using cell culture derived tachyzoites.

AIMS To assess the diagnostic usefulness of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites produced by serial passage in HeLa cell culture. METHODS Tachyzoites derived from serial passage in cell culture were used in the dye test. Human sera were also examined to determine their suitability for use as accessory factor. Using the optimum conditions, the dye test using cell culture derived tachyzoites was compa...