 It may be taken as a rule which has but few exceptions, that congenital idiocy is more amenable to training than post-congenital, that, in fact, it is more hopeful to have to do with an ill-developed than with a damaged brain...  On some of the mental affections of childhood and youthby John Langdon Down - 1887 - 307 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Obstetrical Society of London - Obstetrics - 1877 - 454 pages
...what I have laid down as to the way developmental idiocy has its physical signs and configuration, that the prognosis is, contrary to what is so often...the child is comely, fair to look upon, and winsome. I considered had most direct bearing on " the obstetrical aspect of idiocy." Dr. FC CORY stated that,... | |
 | Francis Warner - Emotions - 1885 - 476 pages
...brain-centres. Speaking of idiots, Dr. Langdon Down remarks (Obstetrical Transactions, vol. xxii.) that " the prognosis is, contrary to what is so often...child is comely, fair to look upon, and winsome." This, I believe, is due to slight absorption or shrinking of the fat of the face, leading to very fine... | |
 | Francis Warner - Emotions - 1886 - 408 pages
...brain-centres. Speaking of idiots, Dr. Langdon Down remarks (Obstetrical Transactions, vol. xxii.) that " the prognosis is, contrary to what is so often...child is comely, fair to look upon, and winsome." The condition of nutrition of the tissues of the face is an important index of the general nutrition... | |
 | Medicine - 1891 - 844 pages
...its head in a rhythmical way, looks into space, or makes monotonous noises with its lips. " Oh ! " it is often said, " have no anxiety, all will come...suggested by the topics I have touched on. I have endeavored, however, not to wander into simply philosophical paths, but to confine myself to what I... | |
 | 1891 - 880 pages
...that, in fact, it is more hopeful to have to do with an ill-developed than with a damaged brain, syid having regard to what I have laid down as to the physical...suggested by the topics I have touched on. I have endeavored, however, not to wander into simply philosophical paths, but to confine myself to what I... | |
 | George Edward Shuttleworth - Children - 1895 - 194 pages
...repulsive physical features; yet our experience is quite in accord with that of Dr. Langdon-Down,* who says that " the prognosis is, contrary to what is so often...the child is comely, fair to look upon and winsome." There are, however, a few cases of mild traumatism, and even of postinflammatory lesion, in which a... | |
 | George Edward Shuttleworth - Children - 1895 - 194 pages
...physical features ; yet our experience is quite in accord with that of Dr. Langdon-Down,* who says that " the prognosis is, contrary to what is so often...the child is comely, fair to look upon and winsome." There are, however, a few cases of mild traumatism, and even of postinflammatory lesion, in which a... | |
 | Sir Robert Hutchison - Children - 1904 - 426 pages
...to mental improvement. As Dr. Langdon Down has said, the prognosis is hopeful, contrary to what is often thought, ' inversely as the child is comely, fair to look upon, and winsome.' TREATMENT OF MENTAL DEFICIENCY. The treatment I can dismiss in a few words, because, I am sorry to... | |
 | Alfred Frank Tredgold - Brain - 1908 - 480 pages
...dictum was enunciated by Langdon Down many years ago, in the words that the prognosis is favourable " inversely as the child is comely, fair to look upon, and winsome," and experience has fully confirmed its general truth. The explanation of this apparent anomaly is that... | |
 | Alfred Frank Tredgold - Intellectual disability - 1922 - 664 pages
...dictum was enunciated by Langdon Down many years ago, in the words that the prognosis is favourable " inversely as the child is comely, fair to look upon, and winsome," and experience has fully confirmed its general truth. The explanation of this apparent anomaly is that... | |
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