| Description Of Item | Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C [Charles] Gow. Reproduced in Morison’s 'Outlines of Lectures' (1848) plate 17.
'John M: Aged twelve, idiotic from birth, is dumb, and disposed to mischief; the dumbness, however, is not dependent on deafness, but appears solely to be the result of want of power of attention to the sounds of the voice. This patient is incapable of attending to the calls of nature, or of feeding himself; and if not watched, will put pebbles and straw, &c., into his mouth, and swallow them. His head and body are well formed, and he is able to walk; but holds his body and hands in an awkward manner.' |