Facts and opinions relating to the deaf from America.

Date:
1888
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Credit: Facts and opinions relating to the deaf from America. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    get new information about cases I had long known; but they are approximately so, and are probably as near exact, as far as they go, as can be obtained. ' From the information thus far obtained I find that deafness occurred— At birth in 490 Under 1 year of age 167 At 1 and under 2 years of age 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 At At At At At At At At At 10 At 11 At 12 At 13 At 14 At 15 At 17 At 20 » » n *t II I) 11 >i )> II II II II 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 16 18 21 II II II II II >i 11 II II II II II II II II II 138 156 102 64 51 29 25 16 7 11 2 4 7 7 1 1 1 ' The causes of deafness among the pupils of this institution, so far as known, have been— Congenital, in Oerebro-spinal meningitis Inflammation of the brain Brain fever . Scarlet fever Erysipelas , Diphtheria , Measles , Small-pox . Chicken-pox Fever . Nervous fever Typhoid fever Intermittent fever Congestive fever Catarrh Colds . Sickness (nature not given) Falls . Gathering in head VVbooping-cough Pneiunonia . Cases 490 299 36 92 135 4 12 42 2 1 63 6 45 11 7 12 27 72 35 44 24 22