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On Thought without Words, and the Relation of Words to Thought

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

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Naturally, if a child be dull or stupid, he will be slower to learn the use of the senses or the muscles, and, accordingly, we find that some idiots of the lowest type are not able to learn to walk or grasp. I remember one case distinctly where the only acquired motions were receiving food into the mouth, and following with the eyes the spoon with which he was fed.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1878 

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