British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Volume 28J. Churchill., 1861 |
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... deafness , dumbness , or such like ailments , there , according to Zillner , we may expect to find idiocy similarly abounding ; and he quotes Dagonet , as having made the same observation in refe- rence to Stephansfeld , near Strasbourg ...
... deafness , dumbness , or such like ailments , there , according to Zillner , we may expect to find idiocy similarly abounding ; and he quotes Dagonet , as having made the same observation in refe- rence to Stephansfeld , near Strasbourg ...
Page 64
... deaf - mutism in Great Britain , and two - fifths in America , are cases of acquired deafness , and are generally referable to these maladies , and we believe that nearly twenty per cent . of our idiocy can be traced to the same ...
... deaf - mutism in Great Britain , and two - fifths in America , are cases of acquired deafness , and are generally referable to these maladies , and we believe that nearly twenty per cent . of our idiocy can be traced to the same ...
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... deafness of the left ear ; and I must therefore pass on to the consideration of those defects which are more easily recognised , among which congenital deafness , as occurs in the case of the deaf and dumb , will be first noticed . I ...
... deafness of the left ear ; and I must therefore pass on to the consideration of those defects which are more easily recognised , among which congenital deafness , as occurs in the case of the deaf and dumb , will be first noticed . I ...
Page 200
... deaf and dumb ; the order of the births of the mutes being the third , fourth , fifth , eighth , ninth , and eleventh . " These cases possess additional interest from the fact , that if there is any sexual preference in this congenital ...
... deaf and dumb ; the order of the births of the mutes being the third , fourth , fifth , eighth , ninth , and eleventh . " These cases possess additional interest from the fact , that if there is any sexual preference in this congenital ...
Page 201
... deaf dumbness , in two instances four cousins were in a similar condition ; in two cases three cousins were deaf and dumb ; and in four instances two cousins were thus afflicted . Where three cases of congenital deaf - dumbness occurred ...
... deaf dumbness , in two instances four cousins were in a similar condition ; in two cases three cousins were deaf and dumb ; and in four instances two cousins were thus afflicted . Where three cases of congenital deaf - dumbness occurred ...
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