Idiocy : and its treatment by the physiological method / by Edward Seguin.

  • Seguin, Edward, 1812-1880.
Date:
1866
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Credit: Idiocy : and its treatment by the physiological method / by Edward Seguin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    PAGE Two Immobilities 101 Locomotion 105 Prehension 110 Training of the Hand Ill Correction of Special Anomalies 118 A few Apparatuses of Special Gymnastics 118 Imitation, Personal and Objective 126 Education of the Senses , 133 Teaching the Speech 153 Teaching the Elementary Notions 165 Teaching Drawing, Writing, and Reading 171 Passive and Active, Individual and Group Teaching 182 Reading matter 185 Object-lessons 187 Qualification, Actions, Relations, Numbers 186 Memory and Imagination 192 Resume of the Method 198 ■ PART III.—MORAL TREATMENT. History 213 Definition 214 Analysis * 216 Authority and its Modes of Expression 2L9 Command, Immediate, Mediate, Contingent, etc 227 Moralization of Food, Labor, etc 236 Pleasures, Pains, and Affection 241 Socializing Idiots 244 Foundation of the Moral Treatment 245 PART IV.—INSTITUTION. Name 249 Buildings and Internal Arrangements 252 Out-door Resorts 263 Intellectual Institution 265 Selection of the Pupils 266 Their Number and Grouping 268 Officers, Attendants, Matrons 272 Teachers, Gymnasts, etc 277 Superintendent 280 What Society expects in return for the Foundation of the Institution for Idiotic Children 291