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"Institutions For Idiots"
To sum up, it is difficult to understand, unless by sight, how the same thing can be done so well, and yet so differently, as it is at Syracuse and at Barre. It is a pleasure and a duty to bestow upon them both, in their present condition of efficiency, unreserved praise....
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Title: "Institutions For Idiots"
Creator: Edward Seguin (author)
Date: October 12, 1870
Format: n/a
Publication: Appleton’s Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art
Source: Available at selected libraries
Location: vol.3, no.46, pp.182-185
Keywords: Asylums; Children; Cognitive Disability; Doctors; Edouard Seguin; Education; Educational Institutions; George Brown; Government; Government Agencies; Hervey B. Wilbur; Idiocy; Institution For Imbeciles & Idiots; Institutions; Massachusetts; Medical Professionals; Medicine; Medicine & Science; Moral Treatment; New York; New York State Asylum For Idiots; Physiological Training; Public Welfare; Schools; Syracuse, NY
Topics: Government, Policy & Law; Institutions, Organizations & Corporations; Science, Health & Technology


Objects From This Artifact:
- "Institutions For Idiots" (doc)
- Institution For Idiots, Barre, Massachusetts (still)
- Institution For Idiots, Syracuse, N.Y. (still)