chemistry of the, 52
difference between that of a senior wrangler and that of an idiot, 43
difference in the two sexes, 37
microscopical appearance of, in idiots, 51
of gorilla and ourang-outang, 75
size and weight, in proportion to intellectual power, 43
structure of, in men of genius, 44
Bramwell, Byrom, 93, 98
Browne, Sir J. Crichton, on Sex in Education, 36
Browne, Sir Thomas, 79
Bruce, Lewis C., on thyroid feeding, 95
Burton-Fanning, 94
Caird, Mrs. Mona, 39
Causes of idiocy, 23
Cicero, 69
Classification, 17
Consanguine marriages, 32
Convolutions of the brain
in men of genius, and in those of low culture, 45
in idiots, 51
Couerbe, on the rôle of phosphorus in the brain, 52
Craniectomy, 101
statistics of, 103
Cranium, early closure of the sutures of, 101
Cranium, form of the, and
its connection with
idiocy, 43
Cross, Lord, on habitual
drunkards, 31
Crossley House, 107
Cuvier, brain of, 46
Dahl, Ludwig, 25, 29
Dana, on Craniectomy, 102
Definition of idiocy, 15
Dunlop, 93
Edinburgh Medico-Chirurgical
Society, discussion at, 92
Educational Overpressure, on, 35
has induced suicide in children, 41
Esquirol, 85, 118
Faculty a, must not be
confounded with its
material organ, 63
Forceps, use of, as a cause
of idiocy, 48
Fraser, Professor, anæmia
following thyroid feeding, 97
Frere, Bartle, 20
Froude, 77
Gambetta, the brain of, 46
Genius, a neurosis, 53
its relation to cerebral structure, 44
Goethe, 69
Greenfield, Professor, 93
Gynagogues, 40
Hammond, G.M., 93
Hammond, Prof. W.A., 49, 60
Heredity, its rôle in idiocy, 25
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:
THE MOST NOBLE THE DUKE OF NORFOLK, E.M., K.G.
THE MOST HON. THE MARQUIS OF LOTHIAN, K.T.
THE MOST HON. THE MARQUIS OF BRISTOL.
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF WARWICK.
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL CADOGAN, K.G.
THE RIGHT REV. THE LORD BISHOP OF ST. ALBANS.
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THE RIGHT HON. LORD WALSINGHAM.
THE RIGHT HON. LORD BRAYBROOKE.
THE RIGHT HON. LORD GWYDYR.
THE RIGHT HON. LORD HENNIKER.
THE RIGHT HON. LORD RENDLESHAM.
THE RIGHT HON. LORD RAYLEIGH.
THE RIGHT HON. LORD DE SAUMAREZ.
THE RIGHT HON. LORD CARLINGFORD.
THE RIGHT HON. LORD TOLLEMACHE.
THE HON. AND REV. CANON NEVILLE.
THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
WILLIAM BIRKBECK, ESQ.
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The Hon. W.F. D. Smith, M.P.
The Rev. Sir W. Hyde Parker, Bart.
Sir Reginald P. Beauchamp, Bart.
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Sir Brydges Powell Henniker, Bart.
Sir Francis G.M. Boileau, Bart.
Sir Fowell Buxden, Bart., K.C.M.G.
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Rev. Charles John Martyn, M.A.
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Arthur Pryor, Esq.
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H.C. Wells, Esq.
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ALEXANDER, WILLIAM, ESQ.
BACK, PHILIP, ESQ.
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BATEMAN, JOHN, ESQ.
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BULLARD, SIR HARRY, M.P.
BURKE, LIEUT.-COLONEL
BURTON, SAMUEL C., ESQ.
CADGE, W., ESQ.
CHAMBERLIN, A. R., ESQ.
CHANCELLOR, F., ESQ.
COLMAN, J.J., ESQ.
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DAKIN, W. H, ESQ.
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TOWER, CHRISTOPHER J.H., ESQ.
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WELLS, F., ESQ.
WINTER, J.J., ESQ.
WOOD, CHARLES PAGE, ESQ.
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Consulting Physician to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.
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Regius Professor of Physic, University of Cambridge.
_Hon. Consulting Surgeons_--
R.F. SYMMONS, ESQ., Consulting Surgeon to Essex & Colchester Hospital.
E.A. HUNT, ESQ., Surgeon to Essex and Colchester Hospital.
_Hon. Ophthalmic Surgeon_--DR. S. JOHNSON TAYLOR, Norwich.
_Hon. Medical Officer, Crossley House, Clacton-on-Sea_--
WALTER MAINE, ESQ.
_Hon. Dentist_--N. TRACY, ESQ.
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_Auditor_--MR. ROBERT L. IMPEY (Chartered Accountant).
_Resident Medical Attendant_--
R.C. KIRKBY, M.R.C.S., Eng., L.R.C.P., Lond.
_Resident Superintendent and Secretary_--JOHN J.C. TURNER.
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The Eastern Counties' Asylum has been established for the care,
education, and training of Idiots and Imbeciles of all classes
residing in the Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and
Cambridge.
In these Counties there are upwards of 3,000 cases of Idiocy and
Imbecility, and the Asylum at Colchester is _the only one_ in the
District. It stands in its own grounds of six acres, near the Railway
Station, and is supported by voluntary contributions. There is a small
Farm attached to the Asylum and a Sea-side Branch at Clacton-on-Sea,
and there is accommodation for 250 patients. Those whose friends are
unable to pay for their care and maintenance, are elected to the
benefits of the Asylum by the votes of the Subscribers, and, subject
to the rules and regulations, are admitted for five years. It is
expected, however, that some contribution should be made if possible.
After residence in the Asylum for 3-1/2 years, and if it is found that
patients are unable to be taught wholly or partly to maintain
themselves, they may be re-elected for additional terms of five years,
and a small proportion are allowed to be re-elected for life. Insane
persons, and cases suffering from confirmed Epilepsy, are not eligible
for admission. Paying Patients are admitted by the Board of Directors,
without election, at any time, the charges varying according to the
circumstances of the friends and their requirements. Separate sitting
and bedroom accommodation, with the advantage of a special Attendant
or Nurse, is provided when wished, such an arrangement combining the
quietude and comfort of a private residence with the hygienic,
educational, and training resources of a Public Institution. The
Asylum is under the personal charge of Mr. and Mrs. J.J. C. Turner,
Superintendent and Matron, and there is likewise a Resident Medical
Attendant.
The Elections occur in the Spring and Autumn, and are held in the
principal towns of the Eastern Counties. Donors of Five Guineas are
entitled to a Life Vote, and Annual Subscribers of Half-a-Guinea to
two votes annually, the right of Voting as regards higher sums being
increased in the same proportion. Contributors may individually
exercise the right of Voting, or transfer the same to the House
Committee of the Asylum or to any Local Committee.
Reports, Forms of Application for Admission, and any other information
will be supplied by the Secretary, Mr. John J.C. Turner, Asylum,
Colchester.
The Board of Directors earnestly appeal for Annual Subscriptions and
Donations to enable them to carry on this important work. Since 1884
the Annual Subscriptions have been reduced, owing to deaths and
discontinuance, by upwards of £1,000. The applications for admission
are numerous and urgent, and the present expenditure exceeds £7,000
annually, towards which only £800 is forthcoming from invested
Capital. Only those who are brought into close contact with mental
affliction can adequately realise the sad trial and immense anxiety of
having an Idiot child, and where this affliction has not been
experienced, it is hoped that some sum, however small, will be given
as a thank-offering.
JOHN J.C. TURNER,
_Secretary_.
By the Same Author. Demy 8vo, 16/- Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged.
_Prize Essay of the Academy of Medicine of France._
ON
APHASIA,
OR
Loss of Speech,
AND
THE LOCALISATION OF THE FACULTY OF ARTICULATE LANGUAGE.
_Ouvrage couronné par l'Académie de Médecine de France (Prix
Alvarenga, 1891)._
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
From the _British Medical Journal_.
"We feel quite sure the profession will gladly welcome the second
edition of Dr. Bateman's well-known and valuable work. It teems with
illustrative cases, and is essentially one for the student of Aphasia
always to have by him, in order that he may readily refer to it from
time to time; any case he may have under his care will indeed be rare
if he cannot find an allusion to a parallel one in Dr. Bateman's book.
"We think that the author was very well advised in extending chapter
xii., for there are grouped together a number of interesting facts on
important topics, such as the difference between the convolutions of
criminals and of intellectual men, the difference in the microscopic
structure of the brain, the cranial capacity, and other subjects of
which it is usually difficult to find any mention."
From the _London Medical Recorder_.
"The numerous clinical cases form a valuable feature in this book.
These illustrative records have been gathered from a wide range of
reading and experience, and hardly any case of importance bearing on
the subject appears to have escaped notice. As a work of reference,
then, this volume will be indispensable to all who are interested in
the study of nervous diseases."
From _Nature_.
"A useful part of this work is a chapter on the Medical Jurisprudence
of Aphasia. This is a subject which we believe has not been touched
upon in any previous English text-book, and it is of the greatest
importance. To summarise briefly, we may say that Dr. Bateman's work
is one that should be read by everyone interested in the faculty of
language, or in diseases of the nervous system. It contains an
enormous amount of valuable material, which has been put together by
great labour, and is written by one who has devoted many long years to
his subject."
From the _Solicitor's Journal_.
"This book is a second and greatly-enlarged edition of a treatise
published some years since by Dr. Bateman. It gained a prize, on the
recommendation of the French Academy of Medicine, in 1891, and its
author has recently received the honour of knighthood, in recognition
of his distinguished labours.
"While the whole work possesses great scientific interest, chapters v.
and x. are of peculiar value to general and legal readers. In the
latter, the Jurisprudence of Aphasia is dealt with. This question has
not hitherto been treated by any British author, although it involves
issues of such frequent occurrence and general importance as the
capacity of speechless persons to make a will and to manage their
affairs, and their civil and criminal responsibility. Having examined
this part of Dr. Bateman's treatise with the utmost care, we have no
hesitation in commending it heartily to our readers as an able
exposition of a difficult subject, enriched by illustrations from
Continental Jurisprudence."
From the _Norfolk Chronicle_.
"In the goodly volume of over 400 pages before us, we have substantial
proof of the perfection that may be attained by Theory and Practice,
walking and working hand in hand. An eminent physician, whose great
energies and rare knowledge of therapeutics are apparently absorbed in
the everyday exercise of his noble profession, has yet found time for
deep research and original speculation in one of the most fascinating
regions in the whole range of Neuro-pathology. The result is such as
only the well-directed devotion of a life-time could have produced.
Here, in one, we have a student's text-book, a scientist's guide and
companion, and, lastly, a psychological treatise certain to attract a
large share of attention at the hands of the intelligent general
reader. For the medical profession it possesses, without doubt, a
primary interest--yet, withal, it is replete with interest to the
general reader."
CONTINENTAL NOTICES.
_Les Archives de Neurologie_, Vol. xx.
"Ce livre est la deuxième édition considérablement augmentée du traité
publié il y a vingt ans et bien connu de nos lecteurs.
"N.B.--Ce livre est parfaitement au courant de la science actuelle."
_La Revue de l'Hypnotisme._
"L'ouvrage du docteur Bateman a déjà reçu un accueil favorable de
l'Académie des sciences et de l'Académie de médecine de Paris. En le
présentant à la Société de Biologie, le Président, M. Brown-Séquard, a
fait un éloge mérité de ce remarquable ouvrage aussi savant
qu'original.
"Le livre du docteur Bateman apporte une contribution précieuse à la
médecine psychologique. M. Bateman a compulsé toute la littérature
scientifique de l'Europe et de l'Amérique sur le sujet qu'il a traité,
et ses études faites pendant plus de vingt années sur les cas qu'il a
rencontrés à l'hôpital de Norwich et dans sa clientèle privée, lui ont
permis d'arriver a des conclusions véritablement pratiques."
_Annales d'Hygiène Publique et de Médecine Légale_,
Tome xxvi., p. 583.
"La première édition du traité de M. Bateman avait été très
favorablement accueillie du public médical. La seconde édition,
augmentée d'observations nouvelles, tenue au courant des progrès de la
science, n'aura pas moins de succès.
"Les premiers chapitres du volume sont consacrés a l'historique de
l'aphasie et de la localisation de la faculté du langage articulé:
l'auteur y rend pleine justice aux auteurs français, Broca, Trousseau,
Charcot, &c., qui ont les premiers soulevé cette question délicate. Le
chapitre iv. contient les observations personnelles de M. Bateman dont
beaucoup ont été recueillies dans son service à l'hôpital de Norfolk
et Norwich. Dans le chapitre suivant M. Bateman étudie et analyse la
faculté de parler, la parole articulée, résume les opinions de Max
Muller, de Whitney, de Parchappe, &c. La parole est un acte
physico-psychique, composé de deux éléments, l'un somatique et
matériel, le mouvement, l'autre psychique, la parole interne, le
λογος. Le langage est donc une fonction à la fois impressive
et expressive. La fonction impressive nécessite l'action de l'ouïe, de
la vue ou d'un des sens, c'est la fonction sensorielle du langage;
l'autre résulte d'une action musculaire, et constitue la fonction
motrice. Le langage articulé est l'apanage de l'homme seul.
"L'auteur décrit ensuite le mécanisme du langage, les organes de la
voix, le larynx; il étudie plus loin les différents types de langage;
il montre que le langage articulé n'est pas le seul moyen que l'homme
ait d'exprimer sa pensée, il oppose le langage naturel au langage
artificiel ou acquis, &c.
"Avec les chapitres suivants nous entrons dans la pathologie; M.
Bateman y décrit l'agraphie, l'aphasie dans toutes ses formes et
variétés. Il étudie ses causes, son diagnostic, son pronostic, son
traitement, son importance en médecine légale; enfin dans les derniers
chapitres, M. Bateman s'occupe plus généralement de la localisation de
la parole, et il résume les opinions des physiologistes les plus
célèbres depuis Gall jusqu'à Barnard Davis, Flower, Broca, &c."
_Comptes Rendus de la Société de Biologie_, Tome ii., No. 30.
"Au nom de l'auteur, le Dr. Frédéric Bateman, je présente à la Société
un exemplaire de la seconde édition de son célèbre ouvrage sur
l'aphasie. Les progrès considérables de nos connaissances, durant les
vingt dernières années, sur les diverses espèces d'aphasie, sont
exposés avec une grande clarté dans ce remarquable ouvrage aussi
savant qu'original, le plus complet qui existe sur la matière dont il
traite. L'auteur lui a consacré toute sa vie, déjà longue, de penseur
et de praticien."
"LE PROFESSEUR BROWN-SÉQUARD,
"_Président de la Société de Biologie_."
_Gazzetta Degli Ospitali, Milano._
"È una monographia importante su questa affezione tanto studiata ai
nostri tempi. L'A conosce tutto ciò che fu scritto in proposito e lo
sottopone ad una critica sensata e profonda. Egli raccolse un gran
numero di casi, e, avendo cosi avuto a sua disposizione un vasto
materiale, ha potuto studiare accuratamente la malattia.
"Il quarto capitolo contiene le esperienze cliniche dell'A, in una
serie di X Casi dettagliati alcuni dei quali furono da lui osservati
come medico del Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. Interessante quello di
una afasia puerperale in una signora il cui vocabolario era limitato
ad una frase: the other day--l'altro giorno."
_Neurologisches Centralblatt._
"Im 1.--3, Kapitel wird die Litteratur und Bibliographie der Aphasie
ausführlich berichtet, indem die betreffenden Arbeiten aller Länder in
gleichem Maasse gewürdigt werden. Im 4. Kapitel finden wir einige
eigene Beobachtungen des Autors. Kapitel 5 bringt die Definition der
Aphasie und die Entwickelungsgeschichte der Sprache. In Kapitel 6 und
7 wird die Klassification der Sprache abgehandelt. Mitunter fehlen dem
Sprechenden nur die Substantiva, oder ganz bestimmte Worte, oder eine
bestimmte Landessprache; in anderen Fällen von Aphasie werden nur
bestimmte Phrasen beständig wiederholt etc. Auch die Schriftstörungen
und die Anomalien der Mimik und Zeichensprache bei der Aphasie werden
besprochen; ferner die Affectausdrücke, Bedeutung der Injectionen, der
hysterische Mutismus u. s. w. Im 8. Kapitel werden die ätiologischen
Factoren der Aphasie hervorgehoben: Angeborene Stummheit,
Sprachstörungen der Idioten; Aphasie in Folge von Exostosen der
Schädelknochen; Thrombose, Embolie der Gehirnarterien; ischämische
Erweichung, etc. Kapitel 9 behandelt die Diagnose, Prognose, Therapie,
während im folgenden Kapitel die Rechtsfragen der Aphasischen erörtert
werden. In den letzten Kapiteln 11 und 12 geht der Verf., soweit die
betreffenden Gegenstände zur Aphasie in Beziehung treten, auf den
Hypnotismus ein, den anatomischen Sitz, die mikroskopischen Befunde,
auf die Physiologie und Psychologie der Sprache, die experimentelle
Pathologie, die allgemeine Anthropologie, auf die Hirnchemie etc."
AMERICAN & COLONIAL NOTICES.
From the _Montreal Medical Journal_.
"The learned author of this work was the first to publish in English a
treatise on Aphasia. Not the least interesting part of the work is
that referring to the author's own contributions. The subject of
Aphasia is treated in all its relations, and in all its forms and
modifications.
"There is certainly no work in the English language which gives such a
full and accurate account of this abstruse subject. The author is to
be congratulated on having produced a work that will be a standard
authority on loss of speech."
From the _American Journal of Insanity_.
"Perhaps the most remarkable thing about this book of Dr. Bateman's is
the singular spirit of scientific fairness that characterizes its
every utterance, so conspicuous and so anomalous is this, that it is
worthy of special mention.
"It is a book which no student of medicine, of language, or of
psychology can afford to be without."
From the _New York Medico-Legal Journal_.
"This is a book which will interest all neurologists, and reflects
great credit on its author, for the research and care, as well as
fairness of the discussion, which is raised between the several
schools of thought.
"That part of the work most interesting to us is the chapter on the
Medical Jurisprudence of Aphasia, the hints on criminal Anthropology,
the Chemistry of the Brain, and the question of Localisation of the
Faculty of Speech.
"The work on the whole is a very valuable contribution to the
literature of Aphasia, and will be welcomed by all Neurologists."
From the _Alienist and Neurologist_.
"This is a valuable contribution to the history and literature of the
subject, a subject not yet too old to have lost its interest to either
professional or lay reader.