The history of the treatment of the feeble-minded / [Walter E Fernald].

  • Walter E Fernald
Date:
1893
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Credit: The history of the treatment of the feeble-minded / [Walter E Fernald]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    organization of such institutions and of the desire of the parents and friends of this class of defectives to place them under intelligent care and instruction. This special care is now recognized as not only charitable, but economical and conservative. Each hundred dollars invested now saves a thousand in the next generation. Sixteen States have now opened institutions for the feeble-minded. The State of Michigan, at the last session of the legislature, au¬ thorized the establishment of a school for this class. Active efforts have already been made to establish similar institutions in Wiscon¬ sin, Colorado, Missouri, Texas, Delaware, Virginia, and Georgia. It is not unreasonable to hope and expect that in the near future an institution for the feeble-minded will be provided in every State in the Union.