A manual for the classification, training, and education of the feeble-minded, imbecile, & idiotic / by P. Martin Duncan and William Millard.
- Date:
- 1866
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A manual for the classification, training, and education of the feeble-minded, imbecile, & idiotic / by P. Martin Duncan and William Millard. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![reading books, to know when it will come to their turn. Writing.—The art of writing is very beneficial in many ways; in training the eye, the hand, the power of comparison, as well as the faculties of attention and imitation. It may also be used as a means of fostering habits of neatness, carefulness, and correctness. Special attention should be paid to the posture of the pupil, and to the free use of the pen. Slates should first be used, as the pupil thereby gains confidence. When it seems necessary to render the exercise particularly easy on account of the dulness or awkwardness of the pupil, an india-rubber slate will be useful, upon which strokes, pot-hooks, hangers, and simple letters have been grooved out, so that the pupil's pencil has simply to work in the groove, which will in the course of time give the habit of guiding the pencil aright. Lessons from the black board should be given, showing the proportions of the letters, both small and capital. Thus the letter * o' may be marked upon] the black board by the teacher, to be copied on slates by the whole class of pupils: * o ' is to be made into ' a,' then into' d' or into ' g,' naming each letter as it is completed. The stroke * i' may be made, and from it the letters ' 1,' ' b,' ' t,' &c. Aim to get a bold round hand at the commencement. Carefully graduate the lessons. Attend to neatness and legibility. Be particular about having the books kept clean. Examine the copy-book of each pupil at the end of every two or three lines. Attend to the form, proportion, slope, and thickness of the strokes, as may be required. Aim at correcting defects by giving the same words](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21931756_0164.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
