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The Idiot: His Place in Creation, and His Claims on Society · Frederick Bateman — chapter 11 of 17 · ~182 words · public domain

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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

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