SIR FREDERIC BATEMAN, M.D., LL.D.,

PREFACE TO

THE SECOND EDITION.

THE IDIOT; HIS PLACE IN CREATION, AND HIS CLAIMS ON SOCIETY.

DEFINITION OF IDIOCY.

CAUSES OF IDIOCY.

MATTER AND MIND.

THE PNEUMA, OR SPIRITUAL ATTRIBUTE OF THE IDIOT.

TREATMENT AND RESULTS.

INDEX.

EASTERN COUNTIES'

COLCHESTER. Instituted 1st February, 1859. Patron: H.R.H. The

LADIES' ASSOCIATION. Patroness: HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS

By the Same Author. Demy 8vo, 16/- Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged.

Loss of Speech,

Transcriber's Notes

AND

HIS CLAIMS ON SOCIETY.

THE IDIOT;

HIS PLACE IN CREATION,

AND

HIS CLAIMS ON SOCIETY.

BY