Extracts from the first report of the institution on the Abendburg, near Interlachen, Switzerland, for the cure of cretins ... / Translated by W. Twining.

  • Johann Jakob Guggenbühl
Date:
[1845]
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Credit: Extracts from the first report of the institution on the Abendburg, near Interlachen, Switzerland, for the cure of cretins ... / Translated by W. Twining. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    strengthening of her bodily powers and health. The deep night which darkened her mind gradually yielded to the dawning lights as the powers of speech were acquired. In her third year she attained cor rect ideas of right and wrong. It is a remarkable fact that the circumference of her head increased three-quarters of an inch yearly* which proves that the development of the brain may be aided by favourable influences. M. was dismissed from the Institution lately in a very satisfactory state of restored health. E, was a little girl of only six months* when taken into the Institution. For the first month of her life she appeared to be healthy* though weak. Then a distressing cough came on* which left her after a short time* but had caused a crisis in her develop ment. The mother is perfectly healthy and well formed* as well as the father. The state of the child was truly dreadful; the bodily organization was that of a stunted withered skeleton* covered with a livid* wrinkled* cold skin. Where there were some traces of muscles* elasticity was wanting; the extremities were very small* the countenance deadly pale* the cheeks and forehead wrinkled* the eyes small and dark* and the whole expression of the face that of an old woman. In the spring* when fine weather adds to the favourable effect of the pure moun tain air in the cure of these miserable children*
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