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Credit: Instructions for case-taking in the medical wards / London Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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Licence: In copyright
Credit: Instructions for case-taking in the medical wards / London Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![In Aphasia and other Central Defects of Speech note— 1. Voluntary Speech. What can patient say ? Can he count ? Can he say the alphabet ? Can he sing words that he cannot say? 2. Does he understand what is said to him? Can he carry out verbal orders ? 3. Can he repeat what is said to him ? 4. Can he name objects at sight ? 5. Can he carry out written commands without reading them aloud ? 6. Can he read aloud ? Does he understand what he reads aloud ? 7. Can he write spontaneously ? 8. Can he write to dictation ? 9. Can he copy ? [Choose first simple figures and their words.] 10. Does he appreciate the significance of things by sight ? Can he tell the time ? Can he tell the relative value of coins by sight ? Does he know the use of various objects about the ward ? 11. Does he understand the significance of sounds? the dinner bell, striking clock, &c.] If possible, test understanding of music. 12. Can he appreciate the use of things by touch only ? Can he tell the relative value of coins by touch ?](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28096952_0042.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
