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Some Abnormal Characteristics Of Idiots And The Methods Adopted In Obviating Them
We begin by eliciting volition with reference to a simple muscular movement, by means that vary with the peculiarities of each individual case, then in a succession of similar acts. Ultimately we can bring the pupil's will to bear upon combined movements, requiring the coordinated exercise of a more complicated muscular apparatus....
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Title: Some Abnormal Characteristics Of Idiots And The Methods Adopted In Obviating Them
Creator: H.B. Wilbur (author)
Date: 1883
Format: Article
Publication: Proceedings of the Association of Medical Officers of American Institutions for Idiotic and Feeble-minded Persons
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia
Source: Available at selected libraries
Location: pp.190-201
Keywords: Asylums; Children; Cognitive Disability; Doctors; Education; Educational Institutions; Hervey B. Wilbur; Idiocy; Institutions; Intelligence; Medical Professionals; Medicine; Medicine & Science; New York; New York State Asylum For Idiots; Physiological Training; Professional Associations; Schools
Topics: Institutions, Organizations & Corporations