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The Relation Of Speech Or Language To Idiocy
To this imperfect attempt to establish certain categories among idiots, based upon the extent of their comprehension and use of language, to assist in defining and describing their relative mental condition I may add a few words as to the means to be taken to develop the function and the faculty....
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Title: The Relation Of Speech Or Language To Idiocy
Creator: H.B. Wilbur (author)
Date: 1879
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.66-80
Keywords: Asylums; Children; Cognitive Disability; Communication; Doctors; Edouard Seguin; Education; Educational Institutions; Hervey B. Wilbur; Institutions; Medical Professionals; Medicine; Medicine & Science; New York; New York State Asylum For Idiots; Schools; Social Welfare & Communities; Speech Therapy
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