Report for the Medical Relief Committee of the Parochial Board of the city of Edinburgh : on the state of the idiotic and imbecile in the eastern division of the poor house / by John Smith.

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1853
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Credit: Report for the Medical Relief Committee of the Parochial Board of the city of Edinburgh : on the state of the idiotic and imbecile in the eastern division of the poor house / by John Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPOET FOR THE MEDICAL RELIEF COMMITTEE OF THE PAROCHIAL BOARD of the CITY of EDINBURGH, on the STATE of the IDIOTIC AND IMBECILE IN THE EASTERN DIVISION of THE POOR HOUSE. By JOHN SMITH, M.D., F.R.C.P. 16 Imdia Stbeet, August 25,1853. The Committee, I have no doubt, are aware that the condition of the Idiot and the Imbecile, has been exciting no small degree of Interest, for some years past, on the Conti- nent, in England, and also in America. The idea has been gradually gaining ground, that much could be done to improve their mental, moral, and physical state; and the labours of those who have volunteered in so philanthropic a cause have been, in many instances, rewarded by astonishing results. Institutions have been provided for them, and Schools established, where, by a system of judici- ous teaching and training, their helpless and defective state of mind has been improved, and many have been rendered useful, and enabled to contribute, in some degree, to their own maintenance. To France must be allowed the merit of having first moved in this benevolent undertaking; it being fully fifty years ago