Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians ; Consulting Physician to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, and to the Eastern Counties' Asylum for Idiots ; Associé et Lauréat de l'Académie de Médecine de Paris ; Citation de l'Institut de France ; Corresponding Member of the Psychiatrical Society of St. Petersburg ; Hon. Member of the New York Neurological Society ; Foreign Associate of the Medico-Psychological Society of Paris . Author of "Aphasia, or Loss of Speech"; "Darwinism tested by Language,"

As stated in the preface to the first edition, the arguments contained in this essay formed the nucleus of an address advocating the claims of the Idiot upon the philanthropists of East Anglia, at a public meeting held in Norwich, in support of the Eastern Counties' Asylum for Idiots, under the presidency of His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, K.G., Earl Marshal of England. In acceding to the request of the Board of Directors to publish a second edition, I have thought it right to retain the form of

As Consulting Physician to the Eastern Counties' Asylum for Idiots, it is my privilege to advocate the claims of one of the most important charities connected with the Eastern District of England, and which, as such, is calculated to excite an especial interest amongst the philanthropists of East Anglia. The Eastern Counties' Asylum for Idiots is an institution founded specially for the reception of patients from Norfolk and the three other Eastern Counties, just in the same way as the Royal Alb

Great confusion exists in the public mind as to the nature of idiocy. What is an idiot? Dr. Séguin, a celebrated writer on this subject, has described idiocy as a "specific infirmity of the cerebro-spinal centre," a definition which I need not say applies to a variety of infirmities to which flesh is heir, and such a definition only serves as a cloak for ignorance. Shakespeare, that wonderfully accurate observer of human nature, in several of his dramas has given a very good description of the a

It will be utterly impossible in the short time allotted to me, to enter at any length upon the various causes of idiocy, a study of which is, however, fraught with many a useful lesson. Suffice it to say that as the cause is always antecedent to any personal history of the child, idiocy is never dependent on the idiot himself, who has never become so through any vices of his own; he being in many instances the feeble expression of parental defects, and sometimes of parental vices, and is theref

"Quare frustra sudaverit, qui cœlestia religionis arcana nostræ rationi adaptare conabitur." Bacon, "De Augmentis Scientiarum." I have already stated that the study of idiocy was of great interest to the theologian, for I can imagine no more powerful weapon for combating the materialistic tendencies of the day than is furnished by a consideration of the natural history of the idiot. This is neither the time nor the place for me to enter into the question of the mysterious connection between matt

Aristot. De Anima , I. 4. Inasmuch as the instrument by which the manifestation of mind is alone possible is undoubtedly damaged in idiots, they were formerly supposed not to belong to the human family, and their place in the order of creation was disputed. All admitted that they had the σωμα , or material part of our nature; they also conceded to them the ψυχη , or principle of animal life, but they considered that the πνευμα , or spirit of immortal life—that which essentially differentiates ma

According to the census of 1881, there were about 32,717 idiots and imbeciles in England and Wales; the Census Commissioners, however, ascertained that owing to the reticence of parents, the returns were far from trustworthy, and, after careful inquiry, they estimated the total number of idiots and imbeciles at 41,940; of these, it is calculated that about 3,000 cases belong to the four Eastern Counties. Of this number, it is estimated that, after deducting pauper and other cases not considered

Chairman — The Most Hon. The MARQUIS OF BRISTOL. Vice-Chairman — Admiral W.G. LUARD, C.B. Treasurer —HORACE G. EGERTON GREEN, Esq. Hon. Consulting Physicians — Sir FREDERIC BATEMAN, M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P. Consulting Physician to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. T. CLIFFORD ALLBUTT, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.C.P. Regius Professor of Physic, University of Cambridge. Hon. Consulting Surgeons — R.F. SYMMONS, Esq. , Consulting Surgeon to Essex & Colchester Hospital. E.A. HUNT, Esq. , Surgeon t

The Eastern Counties' Asylum has been established for the care, education, and training of Idiots and Imbeciles of all classes residing in the Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridge. In these Counties there are upwards of 3,000 cases of Idiocy and Imbecility, and the Asylum at Colchester is the only one in the District. It stands in its own grounds of six acres, near the Railway Station, and is supported by voluntary contributions. There is a small Farm attached to the Asylum and a S

AND The Localisation of the Faculty of Articulate Language . Ouvrage couronné par l'Académie de Médecine de France (Prix Alvarenga, 1891). From the British Medical Journal . "We feel quite sure the profession will gladly welcome the second edition of Dr. Bateman's well-known and valuable work. It teems with illustrative cases, and is essentially one for the student of Aphasia always to have by him, in order that he may readily refer to it from time to time; any case he may have under his care wi