Peculiarities of the deaf and dumb as regards medical treatment, and their idiocyncrasies [sic] which have been observed at the Ulster Institution / Henry Samuel Purdon.

  • Purdon, Henry Samuel.
Date:
1865
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Peculiarities of the deaf and dumb as regards medical treatment, and their idiocyncrasies [sic] which have been observed at the Ulster Institution / Henry Samuel Purdon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    4/20 (page 2)
    As regards the education of the Deaf and Dumb in Continental countries, the King of Denmark, years ago declared, “ that every Deaf and Dumb person in his kingdom should receive the education necessary to make him a useful member of society.” The education of these children has attracted much attention of late years, and great exertions have been made to train them for entering on useful employments; the most efficacious plan to obtain which, has been found, on experiment, to bring them together under properly qualified instructors in In¬ stitutions devoted solely to this purpose. One of these highly useful Institutions exists in Belfast, and from the kindness of those connected with it I have been enabled to collect the various facts, &c., contained in the following pages, as regards their education, the diseases to which they are pecu¬ liarly liable, medical treatment, &c. I also take this opportunity of thanking the Rev. John Kinghan, the Principal of the Institution, for the courteous, and kind manner in which he has allowed me to make free use of his lectures, and notes. Belfast, August, 1865.